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[ She doesn't reply, and it looks like she's taking his advice. Hours pass, maybe a day or two after, and then— ]

if I'm gonna give you the leg i want more than the vial i want your protection for something specific

[Casual, like it was minutes instead of however long:]

What do you need

idk how complicated this would be but like can you make me unkillable to just one person? I'm not talking immortality or whatever, i just don't want theo to be able to kill me or be responsible for my death or however you wanna put it not that he would but you saw what this place did to people last month what happened to iggy, what he couldn't stop himself from doing and there's so much fucked up shit warping minds and yeah i don't care about dying necessarily i just don't want him to ever do it because raiz would retaliate so idk I'm asking you to protect him more than me i guess

I can't do that

I can't make promises to keep you safe from the effects of death. Death is everywhere, it is everything, it is the only known guarantee a living thing can know. It's part of a cycle that is required to keep balance and while I am death itself, it is not a willful process.

[It's like water running in a constant circle, to stop it would be to destroy the entire flow of life. Possibly, sure, just like how he could control it and induce it at will - but that always makes issues. And yes, he's a hypocrite with Delphine which is why he says:]

I can't keep him from killing you. But I can keep you from dying, under those circumstances alone, if I'm present and able. Once. As a favor.

fine whatever makes it so he can't be responsible for me dying i just don't want him to disappear i can't let her take him away from me

I promise to do everything I can

[ She wants to demand that that's not good enough, but it's infinitely better than nothing.

Christ, what is she doing. ]

explain what you're going to do to my leg then when i see you

First, you'd come to my room and hopefully make yourself comfortable. It'd be ideal for you to lay on the bed, and bare your leg for me. You can choose which side, if it matters to you. I'll incise and split the flesh, a painless process but not one without a sense of awareness. Like an appointment at the dentist, when you've already been numbed. I'll remove the bone and tether you from pelvis to tibia, so you'll be able to move as needed until you find your replacement. I would again suggest Zephir to regrow it, or the help of some of those network chatting witches. The wound will seal together at a seam, but not be healed. Your body will heal the flesh together over time, but I can't regrow it faster than that. So I advise against strenuous activity.

And if you'd prefer, I'd offer to start the process with the drug of my veins. I fucked Iggy while I took his spine, it helped as a distraction. I can offer you the same.