"Is this your first time here?" Rael asked.
Alune glanced back at him and sniffled slightly.
"No... but I don't visit this place often. This smell irritates my nose, and I'm already sick, so I feel like I'm going to vomit."
"Anything I can help with?" Rael asked. "I'm pretty good at healing, and if anything, I—"
"It's fine," she interjected.
Then she let out a sigh.
"It's not a normal sickness. Rather, I was born with an overly sickly physique. My body can't handle the amount of power I have, and so it starts trying to rip me apart to make room for more."
"On the bright side, every time this happens, my mana increases by several dozenfold, and my muscles go through so much tension that the rest of my stats increase too. The downside is that I basically have two periods per month."
Oof.
Rael was definitely not expecting to hear that.
