Like your strength. [ Alchemical enhancements. Alchemy he's familiar with now from Yennefer's classes, even if it isn't what he's been learning specifically. But to permanently alter someone, potentially at the cost of their life - that is something entirely new. He's never known any poison with such an effect.
At the question he shakes his head. ]
No. Only the few chosen before me. But our church and its leaders were wiped out years ago in a war, so there won't be any others after me. [ Kahlil hasn't bothered to grapple with that. It never mattered who came after him, only that he become the Kahlil.
He lifts his hand slightly, studying the tattoos on his knuckles. There's nothing to hide in the real world, these marks vanished over two years ago and he still has no real explanation for why. In Horizon, though, he's kept the tattoos hidden out of paranoia that someone from Basawar might arrive and recognize him. Too many people want him dead. But as more time passes, the fear lessens. He lifts his gaze to meet Geralt's again, the tattoos and scars disappearing again. ]
They're meant for protection, but I don't think they work here. [ Unless he found a way to cross worlds in this space. He shakes his head again. ] What destroyed your comrades?
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Like your strength. [ Alchemical enhancements. Alchemy he's familiar with now from Yennefer's classes, even if it isn't what he's been learning specifically. But to permanently alter someone, potentially at the cost of their life - that is something entirely new. He's never known any poison with such an effect.
At the question he shakes his head. ]
No. Only the few chosen before me. But our church and its leaders were wiped out years ago in a war, so there won't be any others after me. [ Kahlil hasn't bothered to grapple with that. It never mattered who came after him, only that he become the Kahlil.
He lifts his hand slightly, studying the tattoos on his knuckles. There's nothing to hide in the real world, these marks vanished over two years ago and he still has no real explanation for why. In Horizon, though, he's kept the tattoos hidden out of paranoia that someone from Basawar might arrive and recognize him. Too many people want him dead. But as more time passes, the fear lessens. He lifts his gaze to meet Geralt's again, the tattoos and scars disappearing again. ]
They're meant for protection, but I don't think they work here. [ Unless he found a way to cross worlds in this space. He shakes his head again. ] What destroyed your comrades?