Catch-all; Lan Wangji

[momming]

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[souheki]

There are several cultivation techniques for communicating with the dead. Were my spiritual energy unsealed, I could have used them.

[So there's frustration, there, at feeling so useless. He looks at her, then.]

...I considered doing the same, or abstaining. But the risk of randomization...

[He only didn't because he didn't want to risk his vote getting submitted for someone completely unknown.]

Was there a punishment?

[momming]

[ She closes her eyes briefly. ]

There was.

[souheki]

[Does Otome have all her body parts attached]

May I ask what it was?

[momming]

[ all body parts are attached ]

... [ She taps her left ear. ] I've lost the ability to hear out of it.

[souheki]

[Oh. Bad!]

Do you require assistance?

[momming]

I say this with all gratitude, but I'm not really sure what would help. I can still hear out of the other ear, of course. But nothing I've tried has worked on the first.

... [ wryly ] I suppose it wouldn't count as a punishment if I could fix it.

[souheki]

Do you believe it is permanent?

[momming]

I couldn't say for sure until enough time has passed.

... But I feel like it might be.