( This is so relevant to what they’d discussed before about the nature of rifters and the Fade’s expectations. But at the idea of it, he barks a small laugh, ) The power of positive thinking.
( Then, more seriously, because the idea does have merit: ) Maybe experiments in the Crossroads and with training for lucid dreaming. Maybe something with a templar’s nullification abilities: the way they peel back the Fade and reassert the rules of reality. Try to remind Tav’s corporeal form that whatever rules might have applied in his own universe, he’s allowed to change them here, and the god of murder doesn’t have any influence here.
[This is why she needs someone who's a sorcerer as well as a doctor. (Should she try to learn magic? Questions for another day.)]
Not one without some risks, but if Tav's being honest about how he feels, I think he'd probably give informed consent if it has a chance of working. Maybe one of the native mages might have some ideas about the approach, too. I know part of their training is lucid dreaming so they don't get sucker-punched by demons in the Fade while they're asleep.
Exactly. And to a lesser extent, I guess there’s meditation, breathing exercises, calming teas, anything I could teach him in the meantime to try to keep this shit on lock. He says it’s only been happening for three months, so that’s still early enough I hope he might be able to learn to control it.
But I do think we have to try something. Hoping and praying that he’s always going to be near the Gallows and that someone’s always going to be there with a handy piece of rope— We can’t do that forever. We’ll get complacent and something will go wrong.
Agreed. It's a risk we probably wouldn't even take with a non-rifter, to be honest, but it's not like he asked to be stuck here. We're going to need a long term solution that's not "lock him in every night," especially if he can do magic.
[She exhales.]
I know your hands are full, so I hate to kick this your way. But I also feel like until the decision comes out to tell the whole organization, I'm worried about the precedent of pulling more people in one at a time. Do you think you've got the capacity for us to tag-team pursuing this?
Yeah, it's not something I've encountered either. But thank you. I think we've got some good ideas, and everyone will feel better if we can get this under control. Not least Tav, I assume.
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( Then, more seriously, because the idea does have merit: ) Maybe experiments in the Crossroads and with training for lucid dreaming. Maybe something with a templar’s nullification abilities: the way they peel back the Fade and reassert the rules of reality. Try to remind Tav’s corporeal form that whatever rules might have applied in his own universe, he’s allowed to change them here, and the god of murder doesn’t have any influence here.
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[This is why she needs someone who's a sorcerer as well as a doctor. (Should she try to learn magic? Questions for another day.)]
Not one without some risks, but if Tav's being honest about how he feels, I think he'd probably give informed consent if it has a chance of working. Maybe one of the native mages might have some ideas about the approach, too. I know part of their training is lucid dreaming so they don't get sucker-punched by demons in the Fade while they're asleep.
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But I do think we have to try something. Hoping and praying that he’s always going to be near the Gallows and that someone’s always going to be there with a handy piece of rope— We can’t do that forever. We’ll get complacent and something will go wrong.
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[She exhales.]
I know your hands are full, so I hate to kick this your way. But I also feel like until the decision comes out to tell the whole organization, I'm worried about the precedent of pulling more people in one at a time. Do you think you've got the capacity for us to tag-team pursuing this?
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It’s maybe one of the weirder… conditions… I’ve ever had to manage, but it makes sense for us to work on it. A cure’s a cure is a cure.
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