I wish our alchemists would focus their talents on medicines.
[That would be too logical and helpful, though. Instead, the alchemists of Hector's world horded their power and hid it from the world at large.
The fox tiptoes forward towards the owl, then deciding he's ventured too close, leaps back like a startled cat. It's playful. Hector isn't as familiar with this desert variety as he is with those he'd found in the forests of Wallachia, but he thinks his little pet is young for its kind. He ducks behind Hector's boot and pops out on the other side.
Hector gives the creature a fond shake of his head.]
Yes. I get the body back in working order, then use magic to recall the spirit and rekindle it into life. Animals don't have souls the same way people do, and often enough if the body is in good repair, they can be called back without being changed.
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[That would be too logical and helpful, though. Instead, the alchemists of Hector's world horded their power and hid it from the world at large.
The fox tiptoes forward towards the owl, then deciding he's ventured too close, leaps back like a startled cat. It's playful. Hector isn't as familiar with this desert variety as he is with those he'd found in the forests of Wallachia, but he thinks his little pet is young for its kind. He ducks behind Hector's boot and pops out on the other side.
Hector gives the creature a fond shake of his head.]
Yes. I get the body back in working order, then use magic to recall the spirit and rekindle it into life. Animals don't have souls the same way people do, and often enough if the body is in good repair, they can be called back without being changed.