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[sorry he's chuckling at her rant]

Sorry to hear that. I wonder if digging could be useful for finding more water sources.

And it is a little like that, but also not like that at all. Cursed energy is born from human negative emotions, but only sorcerers have the ability to control it at will.

Groundwater isn't that much better for me, but it ought to be better for you guys.

[ with a hum, setting the shirt on her lap once she's done with it and offering her hand out for another ]

It's born from negative human emotions?

. . .

I'd love to be able to see that! Can you show me?

Show you what, cursed energy?

Yes!

It isn't visible to non-sorcerers. Though for some reason people can actually see cursed spirits here?

[he gestures vaguely with his hand and summons a sea pancake friend]

[ !!!!!!!

I HUG THE FRIEND ]

[the friend is soft and a little squishy and according to the internet stingrays feel a lot like sharks?! so!! that's something!!

either way, it just flaps peacefully, leaning into the touch]

It's not exactly raw cursed energy, but it is made out of it.

[ this is my new best friend. petting it ]

It's soooooo cuuuuute. I didn't expect to see negative human emotions to come in the shape of such a cute friend!!!

Most of them are awfully grotesque.

Do you have a grotesque one!? Can I see it!?!?!

Hm.

[gestures with his hand, the stingray dissolves into dark mist and is replaced by this tol dude. the necklace is made of smaller heads threaded together with guts. it stomps and growls loudly]

Oh! That's most certainly grotesque! What a design!

[ very obviously seems to not have a problem with it though, standing up and stepping around it to get a good 360 degree view ]

What do the heads mean?

[the curse follows her with its eye, mouth slobbering. but does not seem aggressive otherwise]

Why are you asking me? I didn't "design it".

No? It naturally comes this way?

[ hum hum hum, giving it a little wave and looking around again ]

Then let's say something like—avarice and gluttony is the noose around its neck, its one eye and mouth solely for enjoying the sights and tastes of its prey.

Like I said, they are born from people's negative emotions. Their fears, hatred, sadness and resentment, to mention a few. So while their shapes are often related to that, there's always curses that aren't as straightforward as you'd expect.

Is it fun to come up with an interpretation?

Fun? . . . Hmmm. Well. . .

[ studying the curse for a moment ]

This was someone else's feeling at some point, right? Or maybe lots of people's feelings. It's a creation born from emotions—even if they're negative emotions, they're still feelings to be treasured. They're still beautiful, in their own grotesque way.

[ with a sort of affectionate pat to the one-eyed curse ]

Besides that—I don't know how these energies work, but it's worse if they're not talked about or acknowledged, right? The feelings of fear, hatred, sadness, resentment—loneliness compounds them all, and they grow wild when they're suffocated.

I'm sure an interpretation does nothing for it, long after it's already lost its ability to express its pain, but it's still nice to be acknowledged, isn't it?

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