Manahuru flung itself toward my back.
<Ghost Ward!> I activated. Gangrene jumped back half a foot, yowling. Then she also fled the tent.
He came straight through. <Not a ghost.> he reminded me. <Where do we start? Ahh, the lungs.>
[Unidentified disease encountered. Focus here to...]
To adapt, right? I focused on that message without reading it.
<What are you DOING? STOP, you FOOL!>
[Cannot absorb/adapt spirits with Absorb Disease. Using Bind Spirit instead.]
Oh, no, I didn't want that either. For one thing, it wouldn't work; Manahuru was far too powerful...
[Binding enforced.]
Blah, blah, XP messages.
<NO!> screamed Manahuru.
"no..." I moaned. I mean, what the ACTUAL crap? I lose Gamilla, I lose Madonna, Kismet... had a price tag attached. I return home, and the only one who WANTED to be part of me was a disease spirit?
A freaking DISEASE spirit.
And even that was trying to pull away.
Another chapter is pending later today, formal kudos and shout outs at that time.
As always, thank you for your readership! It matters to me more than I can put into words.