[text] [aka no way is he showing his face right now]

[rebells]

Is everyone all right?

I think it's safe to say that this changes things considerably.

Comments

[rebells]

Are they? That's--

[--mildly disturbing, but he's not about to say that. He cranes his neck to get a closer look.]

. . . do you think they're alive?

[oneandmikleonly]

I don't know. It could be an inbuilt function, if they're not--

[pokes the head with a fingertip too; Jay hears a muffled yelp of reaction as he backs away. a bad idea]

--okay, wow. They're stronger.

[rebells]

[We are both winners.]

So they amplify one another. [Is that a point for or against them being alive?] Perhaps some form of magical reservoir, if they're not alive.

[oneandmikleonly]

I mean, we know they were aiming for the Palai magic users every time they came down to the city.

[winces]

That felt dangerous. I guess big piles aren't actually the answer here, it concentrates the energy too much...we'll have to lay them out individually, or in very small clumps at best.

[a PAIN IN THE ASS]

[rebells]

We could bury them, perhaps.

[If we aren't going to use them. That also sounds like a pain in the ass, though.]

[oneandmikleonly]

It depends. I think...I think the Eltos should see this before we start disposing of them...?

[rebells]

Yes, they may know more about these than we do, if the magic is similar.

[Eventually we are going to find out what these are and that is going to be highly disturbing.]

[oneandmikleonly]

[ha ha! magically recycling dead things! that won't hit canon nerves at all]

For now, let's focus on cleanup and make sure no one got stabbed or badly shocked, I suppose.