[Blade hobbles over to the dining room table. They're in the midst of packing so they can go hide out at the Jackdaw and August's teapot, but Blade is... Blade. He unrolls a big sheaf of paper.]
Dan Heng. I need your help with something.
[These are schematics for some kind of device, no less detailed than the scrolls he would put together at the Artisan Commission in another life.]
I know some Pokemon evolve when exposed to stones. Is there a kind of stone that can stop that from happening?
[He puts his pencil momentarily in his mouth so he can tie his hair back up, and then flattens the blueprints.]
This device could seal someone's powers without resorting to the ritual that the Black Order uses. I made something like this in my past life, but that person had every resource at his disposal. If I want to surpass him, I need to make more with less...
[He looks over his calculations again.]
And then I can turn it around... and maybe prevent our people from being Sealed. Nullify, protect, reflect. Nullify, protect, reflect...
blade containment zone; action; at some point after teresagate
Dan Heng. I need your help with something.
[These are schematics for some kind of device, no less detailed than the scrolls he would put together at the Artisan Commission in another life.]
I know some Pokemon evolve when exposed to stones. Is there a kind of stone that can stop that from happening?
[He puts his pencil momentarily in his mouth so he can tie his hair back up, and then flattens the blueprints.]
This device could seal someone's powers without resorting to the ritual that the Black Order uses. I made something like this in my past life, but that person had every resource at his disposal. If I want to surpass him, I need to make more with less...
[He looks over his calculations again.]
And then I can turn it around... and maybe prevent our people from being Sealed. Nullify, protect, reflect. Nullify, protect, reflect...