I’ve had, say, thirty years of science and only about five of magic. Old habits die hard. I still find myself instinctively reaching for the former.
( But more to the point of a cure, )
He said the only way to stop it was for either himself or his father to die. Assuming that that’s incorrect, because we need to assume it’s doable— I still don’t know how in the world we’d diagnose this properly, let alone cure it. I still keep thinking mitigation. I’ve read about spells which can induce a magical sleep; I was thinking a rune that he can activate himself, say enscribed on a necklace or something, which can knock himself out.
But that still doesn’t feel sustainable. It’s still just a band-aid on the real problem.
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( But more to the point of a cure, )
He said the only way to stop it was for either himself or his father to die. Assuming that that’s incorrect, because we need to assume it’s doable— I still don’t know how in the world we’d diagnose this properly, let alone cure it. I still keep thinking mitigation. I’ve read about spells which can induce a magical sleep; I was thinking a rune that he can activate himself, say enscribed on a necklace or something, which can knock himself out.
But that still doesn’t feel sustainable. It’s still just a band-aid on the real problem.