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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0073">
"...That reminds me. 
 That woman you took with you, is she still
 alive?"
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<name "Darx">
"Yeah, she's not in any d..."
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<removesprite -1 11>
Wait.
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She wouldn't have asked that unless there was
some reason.
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<name "Darx">
"Is Shia in some danger?"
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0074">
"You having sex with her."
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<name "Darx">
"Huh?"
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0075">
"I told you that I forced my mana and my spirit
 into you, did I not?"
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<name "Darx">
"Y-Yeah."
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0076">
"And I prepared other women for you to 
 discharge the excess mana."
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<name "Darx">
"..."
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0077">
"The mana overflowing from you goes into the
 woman you sleep with."
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0078">
"If you pour it into just one woman for a long
 time, the mana will gather and eat away at
 their mind."
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0079">
"I expected her to have been broken long ago
 and for you to come complaining to me about
 it."
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0080">
"I even had another woman prepared and waiting,
 but this seems quite intractable."
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<name "Darx">
"..."
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<removesprite -1 11>
I think about Shia.
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Nothing's seemed wrong with her.
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...
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0081">
"Perhaps she has a wizard's talent, but any
 human will be affected by it eventually."
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<name "Darx">
"And that's why my benevolent Overlord prepared
 other women for me?"
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0082">
"Mm."
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<name "Darx">
"Where are they?"
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0083">
"I have tasked Rakia with keeping them."
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<name "Darx">
"I see..."
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0084">
"Heheh.
 Don't look so afraid."
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0085">
"I did not expect you to become particularly
 attached to that woman."
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<name "Forzelotte" "!CA0086">
"The mana will discharge on its own if you go
 without sex. Speak with Rakia if you want to
 understand it better."
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<name "Darx">
"...I will."
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I go to see her.
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0149">
"Tell you about mana?"
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<name "Darx">
"Please."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0150">
"I understand. 
 Let me give you the brief overview."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0151">
"Mana is the source of power for us demons."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0152">
"Most demons have mana and turn it into power."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0153">
"It is power, and there aren't many with a 
 significant amount, but that doesn't mean that
 mana is simply equivalent to strength.
 How it is used is more important."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0154">
"Mana is common in the Netherworld, Celestia,
 and in the human world."
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<name "Darx">
"Then here too?"
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I wave my hand in the air.
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0155">
"Yes, but very little."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0156">
"Mana has a particular characteristic. 
 While it begins relatively evenly diffused,
 when enough is concentrated, it gathers more
 and more mana to it."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0157">
"And when enough gathers, it gains substance
 as a demon with a mind of its own."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0158">
"Mana's natural flow is to even out, but that's
 across the world. It doesn't mean that it's 
 the same everywhere. There are places where 
 there's more and places where there's less."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0159">
"Mana swirls and gathers in the places where
 it is thickest, giving birth to demons."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0160">
"Anywhere you will find a lot of demons, you
 can be sure that mana is thick."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0161">
"The strength and intelligence of the demon
 that's created depends on what the mana
 gathered on."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0162">
"Anything can be the core. Water or leaves,
 animals like cats and dogs, and of course,
 even humans."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0163">
"Well, a human gathering enough mana to become
 a demon is something akin to a miracle."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0164">
"A human will go mad and die from that much 
 mana inside them long before they transform." 
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0165">
"Since the dawn of creation, there have only
 been one or two cases of it happening."
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<name "Darx">
"Um, can you tell me how humans deal with it
 when mana's collecting in them?"
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0166">
"As long as they don't stay near a powerful
 mana source, it'll diffuse on its own."
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<name "Darx">
"A powerful mana source?"
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0167">
"Yes. Ah, being near the Overlord is fine.
 She controls the mana that is her strength.
 There's no effect on anybody but her." 
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0168">
"The same holds for all demons' mana.
 What's dangerous are magical items. That's why
 the particularly powerful ones have been 
 gathered in the Netherworld and Celestia."
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<name "Darx">
"Then nobody's in any danger unless there's
 some new, strong source of mana getting put
 into them?"
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0169">
"Yes."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0170">
"I expect that you're worrying about Shia,
 but she'll still be okay for a while longer."
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<name "Darx">
"Oh..."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0171">
"I was going to tell you just before she was
 in any danger."
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<name "Darx">
"You should have said something from the 
 start."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0172">
"That could have put you in danger."
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<name "Darx">
"Huh?"
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0173">
"You had the Overlord's mana placed inside 
 you."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0174">
"And regarding that..."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0175">
"To be honest, she did a very poor job of it."
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<name "Darx">
"I'm almost afraid to ask."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0176">
"It was enough to create approximately ten
 demons."
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<name "Darx">
"..."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0177">
"That didn't happen because, as I said, it is
 under her control."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0178">
"However, just as ice gradually melts, her
 mana will diffuse now that it's separated
 from her."
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<name "Darx">
"It rampages inside me and wants to get out..."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0179">
"Yes, but from a demon's standpoint, it's very
 little."
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I've been putting it into Shia all this time?
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0180">
"I said nothing because if you did not handle
 it well, you would become the focus of it and
 begin to change."
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<name "Darx">
"..."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0181">
"Ah, excuse me.
 We've been talking a long time.
 I need to get back to work. 
 Let's continue this some other time."
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<name "Darx">
"A-All right."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0182">
"I am keeping a close eye on Shia.
 Don't worry. I will warn you if she's in any
 danger."
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<name "Darx">
"Thanks."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0183">
"And as the Overlord requested, I have prepared
 other women for you in the cells."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0184">
"If you use them more often, Shia will receive
 less mana."
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<name "Darx">
"...I understand."
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I go to the prison and try out the women.
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...
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Have I been putting Shia in danger without
realizing it?
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Nothing's happened yet, but I need to start
thinking things through.
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