Ales silently thanked Sephiroth for sitting down with a nod and a tip of the hat. The locks from his wig obscured little of his face, but silver hair would suffice. The party was enough of a distraction, anyway.
"When you put it that way, it all makes sense. If Heroes can turn into crystals, why not monsters? We become more like statues than a collection of small clusters, and unlike monsters, we can reverse that cycle." His idea to use Heroes that have been in crystal stasis for over a year in case of an emergency was a viable option now. "Whatever this life energy is, at least someone's death won't mean the end of their time on this world."
It was easy for Ales to ignore the implications of harnessing souls to power machines; progress would never happen if he stopped to think about the minor side effects of his work. Prisoning nature nymphs and misleading local heroes were necessary steps for his plan to restructure society to continue unobstructed. It's just that most people had a problem with looking at the larger picture.
"My next step is to recreate the crystal engine they use in ariships on a smaller scale. Once I can do that, then I'll research how different crystals react, and then I can move onto observing the types of energies in our crystals." He stuck his hand in his pocked and pulled out his own crystal orb.
Gazing at it, he pondered whether using his own would be a safe bet.
No.
There were plenty of others that could be duped into lending their own crystals. If his machine will cause negative effects, he doesn't want those to happen to his own.
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"When you put it that way, it all makes sense. If Heroes can turn into crystals, why not monsters? We become more like statues than a collection of small clusters, and unlike monsters, we can reverse that cycle." His idea to use Heroes that have been in crystal stasis for over a year in case of an emergency was a viable option now. "Whatever this life energy is, at least someone's death won't mean the end of their time on this world."
It was easy for Ales to ignore the implications of harnessing souls to power machines; progress would never happen if he stopped to think about the minor side effects of his work. Prisoning nature nymphs and misleading local heroes were necessary steps for his plan to restructure society to continue unobstructed. It's just that most people had a problem with looking at the larger picture.
"My next step is to recreate the crystal engine they use in ariships on a smaller scale. Once I can do that, then I'll research how different crystals react, and then I can move onto observing the types of energies in our crystals." He stuck his hand in his pocked and pulled out his own crystal orb.
Gazing at it, he pondered whether using his own would be a safe bet.
No.
There were plenty of others that could be duped into lending their own crystals. If his machine will cause negative effects, he doesn't want those to happen to his own.