"Godly-tar is known for its cleansing properties. Now you are barely connected to any form of tar, so the chances of exploding are much smaller." Such a sentence felt like a massive ray of relief, but worry still lurked in its corners.
But what returned the recently depleted worries, was Gerlach's further explanation. "That doesn't mean that you're completely safe. Consider yourself as lucky and cursed at the same time."
At this point she was a bit more lost than her stingray friend, likewise she questioned. "What do you mean?"
He faced the lady and carried a half smile while explaining, "You are lucky and so am I. Because we got powers without giving our soul to the holy-tar sect."
Without a single stutter, the mantis shrimp slowly explained. "But we are also considered cursed, because we need to do a lot of work to battle the bad effects. This is why we need to touch bits of godly-tar once in a while, it helps reduce those effects. But we can never really cure it."