[Pure energy, alright. That's a definition he can work with, having been exposed to energy beyond what normal humans are familiar with. Hell, even his own body is constantly giving off of AIM. Some new energy (or a familiar energy with a new name) isn't hard for him to understand.
Her next answer though, that's the hard one. It makes logical sense... be exposed to unrestrained, chaotic energy, and what do you think is going to happen? Thermal energy burns and freezes, radiation damages molecules and DNA, why wouldn't pneuma also kill? It's perfectly logical.]
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[It's also really personal, and a part of him regrets asking for that reason. At the same time, he's getting more unsaid answers to some of his other questions out of that one statement: why her mother handed her laboratory over, if her mother had moved on to some other laboratory or facility, that sort of stuff.]
.... Sorry.
[He isn't sure what to say, that's obvious from his awkward tone as he lowers his can of coffee. There's a beat of silence as he decides whether to change the subject or keep pushing for information and, well....]
no subject
Her next answer though, that's the hard one. It makes logical sense... be exposed to unrestrained, chaotic energy, and what do you think is going to happen? Thermal energy burns and freezes, radiation damages molecules and DNA, why wouldn't pneuma also kill? It's perfectly logical.]
........
[It's also really personal, and a part of him regrets asking for that reason. At the same time, he's getting more unsaid answers to some of his other questions out of that one statement: why her mother handed her laboratory over, if her mother had moved on to some other laboratory or facility, that sort of stuff.]
.... Sorry.
[He isn't sure what to say, that's obvious from his awkward tone as he lowers his can of coffee. There's a beat of silence as he decides whether to change the subject or keep pushing for information and, well....]
How was it different?