[Says a man that is— yes— exactly as fearful as Tony presently surmises.
More so, maybe.]
It isn't always a cure. It isn't always a solution. I've seen prodigies and scholars burn lifetimes in search of something they never find. Others who, with the purest intentions in their hearts, subsequently languish as the devil lurking at their back takes everything they've ever done and uses it like a poison rather than a poultice.
[Futility. Corypheus. Success.] It's a gamble.
It'll always be a gamble.
And regardless of it all, every scrounged-up granule of knowledge that comes is wine poured from a bottle into wet sand: once you've done it, there's no putting it back.
So yes, you're right. We don't have any guarantees as to how any of this'll turn out, whether or not Wysteria de Fonce and her exceptionally silent cohort go through with this. But there is absolutely a great deal that can be found to make things worse.
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[Says a man that is— yes— exactly as fearful as Tony presently surmises.
More so, maybe.]
It isn't always a cure. It isn't always a solution. I've seen prodigies and scholars burn lifetimes in search of something they never find. Others who, with the purest intentions in their hearts, subsequently languish as the devil lurking at their back takes everything they've ever done and uses it like a poison rather than a poultice.
[Futility. Corypheus. Success.] It's a gamble.
It'll always be a gamble.
And regardless of it all, every scrounged-up granule of knowledge that comes is wine poured from a bottle into wet sand: once you've done it, there's no putting it back.
So yes, you're right. We don't have any guarantees as to how any of this'll turn out, whether or not Wysteria de Fonce and her exceptionally silent cohort go through with this. But there is absolutely a great deal that can be found to make things worse.
Don't doubt that for a damned second.