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∞ 56: Campfire [action]

[A late day finishing up study along the barrier has led to the traveling trio of Albert, Raine, and Genis setting up camp very late in the day. The flickers of fire hovering around in the dark are not from torchlight, but Eferin's minor spirits providing the researchers with light to look around by.

Albert trudges by with a bundle of firewood, setting it next to the beginnings of a campfire. There's a lot to think about as they travel back.]

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Not to mention that there are a lot of things that still don't make sense. Why some people claim to supposedly "leave", only to be brought back with a full memory of having been here, but having "done other things" during some form of a passage of time ... while others are returned with no recollection of having been here at all. I've recently even heard of someone being returned a few years younger ...

... It's still a little difficult to accept that the Malnosso don't have as much control as we previously believed. It only further complicates the situation.

I would think that, after being here for as long as we have been, you would be used to things not making sense.

That's not what I said.

Then say what you intend to say instead of stating the obvious, Professor.

You're one to talk about stating the obvious. [She shrugs a little, moving closer to where the fire is being prepared] Continuing the topic of cycles, and the Malnosso possibly not having any control over it... Svala and I were discussing her recent trip to the ruins before we came out here.

It provides us with better questions, at least.

And?

I'm not certain what you recall from our previous discussions, since we haven't discussed the ruins very much since the exploration took place. Though at the time, there was nothing very tangible to link it to. There still isn't much besides theory, however...

There were specific patterns throughout it, implicating a theme of spirals, amidst the worship chambers. Continuity. Using what we have been told... it's possible that it might not be of a civilization that lived on this land before us, but rather one that came into being whenever these first 'cycles' of people being brought to this world began.

Of course, no evidence of anything but the remains of rituals was all that was really left to be found...

[He listens, working on the fire and dusting his hands of flint chips.] Perhaps you should go out there and take a look personally.

It has been a while since the initial look, and seeing things with a fresher eye and more things to keep in mind would also make it more worthwhile.

We still need to see how far the barrier extends beyond it, as well.

A small traveling group would probably be able to make the journey less tedious. Or others who can fly under these circumstances, like Yuan and Kratos.

Indeed.

You still need to see them for yourself as well.

Not really. I have no curiosity for ruins.

Not even if it could provide more insight?

That's why you're the researcher, is it not?

... Mn. If you insist.

There are others, scientists and mages, who would be able to give more insight into architecture.

No more than I wouldn't be able to find out for myself. It simply would be easier for communication purposes.

"Communication purposes"?

I'd rather not discuss theories over the journal. And if in that time we do come across something more conclusive, there's still the travel time.

...Conclusive. You think you will find the answers to Luceti by looking at the ruins twice.

... Actually, I'm just concerned that you'll turn into a complete hermit during the time we're gone.

Two weeks of solitude never hurt anyone.

Oh, is that all it is?

At least give it some more thought. You seemed interested in it before, after all.

I didn't have a healing hole in my throat before, either. I'd rather not like to see how the heat and dry weather irritate my condition.

I suppose I can simply arrange for someone to stop by and visit with you for the duration...

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