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I have a question for everyone here.

We're supposed to go sailing, but how does someone willingly go on a ship with so many different people, when doing so could put the people in your crew at risk? How do you live so closely with that many other people when just being near them could be dangerous for them?

[ The penmanship looks really old-fashioned, but still perfectly legible. It's clear this person hasn't seen anything written in a long time, but thankfully, writing is like riding a bicycle. It's not something anyone forgets how to do. There's SOME voices in the background, but it's distant and muffled. Whoever is writing this went to great lengths to avoid others. ]

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Anyone who takes to sea knows that danger lurks everywhere. It's an inevitability when you face the unknown.

How do you know that the people will not be able to stand any danger that you bring? How is it dangerous to be close to you?

Just being near me could be deadly.

Then you may need to have a proper healer on hand. It cannot be so serious that none will sail with you.

I don't think healing magic will do much good in this case.

How is that so?

Death Magic causes death instantaneously. I don't even know if it does cause pain. Nobody has lived long enough to tell me afterward.

[ They're usually dead before they hit the ground. Hence the permissions post. ]

[It was a pity that they didn't have Felix on this island. His own skills in that regard were greater than Piers'. Death would be far less of a problem, if it was caught in time.

If they were lucky.]

Even so, you can't travel alone on these waters. It's a risk even without your Death Magic, and any pair of hands will be valuable.

If a sailor has no fear then they could fall to their arrogance. If a sailor cowers before it, then they too shall fall. A sailor needs to face death, understand the risk, and still move forward.

The same should apply for anyone who will take you.

I would never ask any kind of crew to willingly face that risk. Of course sailing is dangerous; there are storms, the possibility of running out of water, pirates, disease, food spoiling.

They don't need me on top of all of that.

Then who do you need?

To be honest, I really don't know.

[ In the modern era, Zeref learned the hard way that he didn't know everything about magic anymore. Ultear's Arc of Time magic was something he didn't see coming, regardless whether or not his own Death Magic was weakened by his unwillingness to kill her. But here? In an entirely different world? Zeref might have been able to get the Eclipse Gate working, but inter-dimensional travel is a whole different kettle of fish. Especially when those other worlds clearly have magic so different that they don't even work the same way as they do in his world. ]

I'll have to find out more about magic from other worlds.

[The comment caught Piers' curiosity. There were many things that he wanted to know himself about this strange world, particularly how his connection with elemental aspects of his world would be affected. Although he was concerned about this stranger's pragmatic pessimism, this was something that he could understand.]

What kind of magic are you looking for?

[It wasn't a strange word for him. Psynergy had been compared to magic numerous times by regular people in Weyard. It was strange, but he truly was curious about what the stranger meant.]

Magic that can construct a barrier.

I see.

[There was a noticeable pause before Piers continued.]

Unfortunately, I know of nothing of the sort in my homeworld. That said, I wish you the best of luck in finding it.

I've tried for centuries. Era after era, very little changes. Unfortunately, that includes me, too.

I understand that problem more intimately than you realize. Better than of the others in this world.

Not the hunt. But the time.

I've done terrible in my world. But I, at least, was able to learn from them. Something humanity seems incapable, or worse, unwilling, to do.

While my people have done no terrible deeds, they too are unwilling to change or even accept any evidence of it.

Perhaps we're not too different in that respect.

This world is different from the ones we have come from. There is the chance that any dangers you bring could be lessened because of this. I know that my own talents are.

It's a risk I'm not comfortable taking, until I know for sure.

Willing or not, be prepared for the fact that you may not have a choice about what happens in the future.

I made my 'choices' a very long time ago. I'm well passed the point of wishing that I can change them.

[Clearly, there was nothing he could offer the man.]

Very well then. I wish you luck on your search, and you are welcome to seek me out should you need assistance in any way.

[ He's spent the last three centuries relying almost entirely on himself. He almost can't imagine doing anything else. ]

I'll keep that in mind. Thank you.

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