'What is this thing they call the Forbidden Soul? And yeah, no need for the whole lore dump—I am aware of the basics.'
The man reading the text scratched his head, a slow, deliberate motion, as if carefully weighing how to explain it.
Time seemed to stretch between them, the faint curl of steam from the cups hanging in the air, until he finally wrote.
'If you know the lore, it has become a lot easier for me to explain.
Imagine a normal person is summoned into the lake, right? As soon as they are summoned, their body would crystallize within a few moments.
But in the case of a person who has a Forbidden Soul, that person is still summoned into the lake—unlike you—but instead of floating on the surface, they sink deep into the waters. The crystallization barely occurs for them… barely at all.
For me, one of my legs was somewhat crystallized before stopping completely.'
