Then I do not feel so bad for not recalling this information.
[Honestly it has been Sheva’s experience that most men do this, regardless of their rank or power, but she witnesses it particularly in soldiers and those who need to prove themselves strong rather than weak. Or, in her case, equal or better than men in similar positions and situations.
Showing weakness can mean the difference between life and death, and she imagines it’s vital to holding power and maintaining the visage of a god.
The explanation he provides concerns her more than it ought to probably, but she takes diseases quite seriously given her experiences with them in her world.]
I’m glad that you recovered, for more than just selfish reasons. Was it just you affected by this illness, or did others fall ill as well?
Chocolate doesn’t cure menstrual cramps, but I still require it to survive.
Others have fallen ill with it. Oddly enough, Giorno and I were ill around the same time. He was in one of the rooms a few doors down. But the fact he was ill suggests it is not something unique to Witches or Monsters.
I believe the illness is similar to what you would call [There is a pause there as he tries to remember the name. Something Sheva is likely used to at this point as Ozymandias has that tendency to hesitate with modern phrases and terms every now and again.] influenza. There is no cure for it and while ill, you are rendered quite weak without intervention, in any case. The Coven seems to use mostly spells to induce sleep and lessen the symptoms as much as they can.
If that is the case, then I suppose I should be certain to keep chocolate in the mansion at all times.
The flu and its cohorts are not to be trifled with for those reasons. It’s highly contagious and most infected run the risk of dehydration and malnutrition on top of the fever. It does a number on even the most healthy person.
In my world, people have adapted diseases like that and worse to create biological weapons. Ways to kill entire populations of people, even decimate entire cities and beyond if it gets out.
[Which is one of the reasons the rampant magical plague here worries and taxes Sheva so much, it’s so linked to her experiences from home. It takes a moment for her to recognize the mention of the chocolate.]
I appreciate all that you do to accommodate your guests.
[Ozymandias cannot say that he's particularly surprised to hear that weaponizing illnesses is a modern tactic of conquest. It is not one that he could readily approve of as nothing about it sounds particularly noble and it is most certainly not divine as it sounds so rooted within the sciences rather than magecraft. It seems unnecessarily cruel and cowardly, instead.]
[But her explanation does more than just paint a picture of the world she comes from. It informs Ozymandias a little more about where her concerns arise with this world and its own encroaching, devastating disease.]
Fortunately, that does not appear to be the case in this world. They appear to remain reactive to disease rather than possessing control over it.
Is that what you would consider yourself? A guest?
[The nature of her world touches more than just her opinions on the disease here, but her reaction to turning into something inhuman, into a monster. It’s been a long, arduous journey from when she arrived to her feelings now, and she still has much to learn.]
It’s only a matter of time. Once they find out how to control or modify it, someone will want to use it to better themselves.
I do not live there and only visit. Isn’t that the definition of a guest?
[Granted it's not entirely unearned for this world. There has already been plenty of evidence of the cruelties that the people of this world are willing to enact on one another in the name of their own sense of power. But Ozymandias would like to think better of this world and the people in it. If only because it is difficult for him to believe that such darkness would ever be allowed to consume in such an uncontrolled manner.]
Perhaps in a technical sense, but you are one of my Bonded. I would not consider your status to be the same as others who may visit.
[There is really nothing that he can necessarily say to the contrary to her point. (And he certainly does not feel particularly compelled to defend the natives of this place to any excessive degree.) So, Ozymandias decides to let it go.]
I mean no offense, but they would not serve me particularly well if that were all it took to sway them.
In any case, my mansion should always feel welcoming to you and a place that you might find comfort and respite. Although I would never have a poor showing of hospitality to any who visited, I would not extend the same efforts to others as I would be willing to do for you.
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[Honestly it has been Sheva’s experience that most men do this, regardless of their rank or power, but she witnesses it particularly in soldiers and those who need to prove themselves strong rather than weak. Or, in her case, equal or better than men in similar positions and situations.
Showing weakness can mean the difference between life and death, and she imagines it’s vital to holding power and maintaining the visage of a god.
The explanation he provides concerns her more than it ought to probably, but she takes diseases quite seriously given her experiences with them in her world.]
I’m glad that you recovered, for more than just selfish reasons. Was it just you affected by this illness, or did others fall ill as well?
Chocolate doesn’t cure menstrual cramps, but I still require it to survive.
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I believe the illness is similar to what you would call [There is a pause there as he tries to remember the name. Something Sheva is likely used to at this point as Ozymandias has that tendency to hesitate with modern phrases and terms every now and again.] influenza. There is no cure for it and while ill, you are rendered quite weak without intervention, in any case. The Coven seems to use mostly spells to induce sleep and lessen the symptoms as much as they can.
If that is the case, then I suppose I should be certain to keep chocolate in the mansion at all times.
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In my world, people have adapted diseases like that and worse to create biological weapons. Ways to kill entire populations of people, even decimate entire cities and beyond if it gets out.
[Which is one of the reasons the rampant magical plague here worries and taxes Sheva so much, it’s so linked to her experiences from home. It takes a moment for her to recognize the mention of the chocolate.]
I appreciate all that you do to accommodate your guests.
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[But her explanation does more than just paint a picture of the world she comes from. It informs Ozymandias a little more about where her concerns arise with this world and its own encroaching, devastating disease.]
Fortunately, that does not appear to be the case in this world. They appear to remain reactive to disease rather than possessing control over it.
Is that what you would consider yourself? A guest?
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It’s only a matter of time. Once they find out how to control or modify it, someone will want to use it to better themselves.
I do not live there and only visit. Isn’t that the definition of a guest?
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[Granted it's not entirely unearned for this world. There has already been plenty of evidence of the cruelties that the people of this world are willing to enact on one another in the name of their own sense of power. But Ozymandias would like to think better of this world and the people in it. If only because it is difficult for him to believe that such darkness would ever be allowed to consume in such an uncontrolled manner.]
Perhaps in a technical sense, but you are one of my Bonded. I would not consider your status to be the same as others who may visit.
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[And that was before she saw what the locals were capable of here even. She doesn't exactly trust the system or the ones running it.]
I must have missed out on the Bonded-level perks rundown. And here I just thought your guards liked me because I'm feline.
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I mean no offense, but they would not serve me particularly well if that were all it took to sway them.
In any case, my mansion should always feel welcoming to you and a place that you might find comfort and respite. Although I would never have a poor showing of hospitality to any who visited, I would not extend the same efforts to others as I would be willing to do for you.