[ Attentively, he listens while Byleth explains what it is that he questions.
While Bondrewd had expected a simple response, the degree of information he is offered leads him to immediately reach for Byleth's file and card through to a clean piece of paper, beginning to dutifully record the young man's concerns and questions and the supporting information that he offers while he speaks. In shorthand, as well. He does not want to seem as though he is sacrificing his interest in what Byleth says for the opportunity to take notation down. If anything, he needs the notes to ensure he meets all of Byleth's needs.
He pauses, toward the end, and places his pen down. Considering where to begin. The best spot, he must conclude, is addressing Byleth's honesty. ]
Mister Eisner. I am grateful, that you are sharing in your curiosity with me. What I can offer you is nothing short of observable fact and data, which you will need to examine and assess for an answer that satisfies you. Any answer I offer you will be derived solely from rationality, as I am not a philosopher or scholar of the heart. I cannot twist findings to suit a satisfying or comforting answer, but in that, you have my full honesty.
[ Ultimately, it may be in Byleth's hands to decide for himself what he is. What he wants to be.
All that Bondrewd can offer is purity of reason, divorced from feelings or sentiment. ]
To that end, what I would like to do is take some samples from you. Hair, skin, nails, blood, lymph, bone and marrow. Are you able to commit to two rounds of that, once as you are, and once while utilizing your divine ability? And, that being said, is there anything about your Nabatean heritage that might prove challenging to traverse medically?
[Byleth appreciated Bondrewd's frank honesty. He knew, on some level, that the man wouldn't be handing his desired answers on a silver platter, easily digestible for him to internalise and accept. No, what Bondrewd could offer him were facts, and Byleth preferred facts over sentiment or vague theories.
Facts didn't lie. Facts were immutable. Facts followed some thread of logic, even if you couldn't immediately see it. Having Bondrewd divine the facts of Byleth's body would be more than enough for him... more than what anyone in Fódlan could've offered him, what with their severe lack of medical technology. The only one who held answers for him was Rhea, and he'd rather live in ignorance than willingly go to her about the matter.]
I appreciate your frankness. Truthfully, having your unbiased observation would be a boon, even if your research brings me an answer I'd dislike.
[At least Byleth would Know, then.]
As for potential challenges, there're a few... I'm not sure how to explain them, though, as my father didn't know the full details, and when I asked- a, ah, more knowledgeable source, they used medical language I didn't fully understand.
[Sothis had gone on a very long and confusing ramble about the uniqueness of Nabatean "gen-et-icks" and her own theories as to how this interacted with Byleth's human heritage - but her rambles were only theoretical (what with being bound to his mental scape and being unable to investigate his body medically) and she struggled to 'dumb things down' for someone who's science knowledge was leagues beneath her, so it had left Sothis annoyed and Byleth more confused than ever.]
I'll try to explain what I can though, ah... so, the properties of the Nabatean mean that ingestion or transfusion of their blood or introduction of soft tissue can cause adverse effects in incompatible organisms. [A kind of, bastardised quote from Sothis there.] This is because they have 'Crests', which is a- a "biological marker"? That the Crest Stone uses to send instructions for how 'cells' and 'genes' should be... manipulated?
[Ah, he's reaching the limits of his understanding...]
If there's no Crest Stone, these Crests can act abnormally... and vice versa, introduction of a Crest Stone without the corresponding Crest can force uncontrolled mutations on the subject. Um, so... my understanding is that if you accidentally ingest or implant Nabatean blood, soft tissue or a Crest Stone into a living entity, it can cause them to sicken or to mutate into a demonic beast.
[Phew!]
I've shed blood plenty of time on the battlefield, and exposure to it in that fashion hasn't caused such effects on other people, so I assume they'd have to... drink large quantities? Or deliberately introduce it to their own blood somehow...
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While Bondrewd had expected a simple response, the degree of information he is offered leads him to immediately reach for Byleth's file and card through to a clean piece of paper, beginning to dutifully record the young man's concerns and questions and the supporting information that he offers while he speaks. In shorthand, as well. He does not want to seem as though he is sacrificing his interest in what Byleth says for the opportunity to take notation down. If anything, he needs the notes to ensure he meets all of Byleth's needs.
He pauses, toward the end, and places his pen down. Considering where to begin. The best spot, he must conclude, is addressing Byleth's honesty. ]
Mister Eisner. I am grateful, that you are sharing in your curiosity with me. What I can offer you is nothing short of observable fact and data, which you will need to examine and assess for an answer that satisfies you. Any answer I offer you will be derived solely from rationality, as I am not a philosopher or scholar of the heart. I cannot twist findings to suit a satisfying or comforting answer, but in that, you have my full honesty.
[ Ultimately, it may be in Byleth's hands to decide for himself what he is. What he wants to be.
All that Bondrewd can offer is purity of reason, divorced from feelings or sentiment. ]
To that end, what I would like to do is take some samples from you. Hair, skin, nails, blood, lymph, bone and marrow. Are you able to commit to two rounds of that, once as you are, and once while utilizing your divine ability? And, that being said, is there anything about your Nabatean heritage that might prove challenging to traverse medically?
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Facts didn't lie. Facts were immutable. Facts followed some thread of logic, even if you couldn't immediately see it. Having Bondrewd divine the facts of Byleth's body would be more than enough for him... more than what anyone in Fódlan could've offered him, what with their severe lack of medical technology. The only one who held answers for him was Rhea, and he'd rather live in ignorance than willingly go to her about the matter.]
I appreciate your frankness. Truthfully, having your unbiased observation would be a boon, even if your research brings me an answer I'd dislike.
[At least Byleth would Know, then.]
As for potential challenges, there're a few... I'm not sure how to explain them, though, as my father didn't know the full details, and when I asked- a, ah, more knowledgeable source, they used medical language I didn't fully understand.
[Sothis had gone on a very long and confusing ramble about the uniqueness of Nabatean "gen-et-icks" and her own theories as to how this interacted with Byleth's human heritage - but her rambles were only theoretical (what with being bound to his mental scape and being unable to investigate his body medically) and she struggled to 'dumb things down' for someone who's science knowledge was leagues beneath her, so it had left Sothis annoyed and Byleth more confused than ever.]
I'll try to explain what I can though, ah... so, the properties of the Nabatean mean that ingestion or transfusion of their blood or introduction of soft tissue can cause adverse effects in incompatible organisms. [A kind of, bastardised quote from Sothis there.] This is because they have 'Crests', which is a- a "biological marker"? That the Crest Stone uses to send instructions for how 'cells' and 'genes' should be... manipulated?
[Ah, he's reaching the limits of his understanding...]
If there's no Crest Stone, these Crests can act abnormally... and vice versa, introduction of a Crest Stone without the corresponding Crest can force uncontrolled mutations on the subject. Um, so... my understanding is that if you accidentally ingest or implant Nabatean blood, soft tissue or a Crest Stone into a living entity, it can cause them to sicken or to mutate into a demonic beast.
[Phew!]
I've shed blood plenty of time on the battlefield, and exposure to it in that fashion hasn't caused such effects on other people, so I assume they'd have to... drink large quantities? Or deliberately introduce it to their own blood somehow...