[Ginko shakes his head, and gestures to the prone figure.]
Right now he's harboring a mushi which harmonizes its own biological clock to its host's. This particular mushi has a lifespan of twenty-four hours, after which it reproduces. His body will return to life with the next dawn, to repeat the cycle indefinitely-- so the penalty should not be a factor.
[a pause as he leans back to take a draw of smoke, glancing at Caesar]
I first encountered this mushi on an island where the infected where regarded as gods, for that reason. But once he returns to life this morning, I can remove the mushi very simply.
[muttered, as if in thought] His emotional state might be a little more complicated...
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Right now he's harboring a mushi which harmonizes its own biological clock to its host's. This particular mushi has a lifespan of twenty-four hours, after which it reproduces. His body will return to life with the next dawn, to repeat the cycle indefinitely-- so the penalty should not be a factor.
[a pause as he leans back to take a draw of smoke, glancing at Caesar]
I first encountered this mushi on an island where the infected where regarded as gods, for that reason. But once he returns to life this morning, I can remove the mushi very simply.
[muttered, as if in thought] His emotional state might be a little more complicated...