mayfairmonster: (Monochrome stare; Hand at temple)
Dorian Gray (The Confessions of Dorian Gray) ([personal profile] mayfairmonster) wrote 2022-07-08 09:34 pm (UTC)

Inconvenience is only the beginning, Grayson. Try taking anyone religious seriously ever again once you've confirmed, more times than you can count, that there's nothing on the other side.

[As Grayson describes how the magic works, Dorian hesitates. If the portrait's grip is kept off of him, does that mean his body would revert to the way it should be? Horrifically disfigured, and a creature beyond recognition? If that's even a remote possibility, it's unacceptable.]

No. A shield may not be the right way to go about it.

Think about it this way: the wounds that happen to me still exist after I've healed from them. They're being held in waiting for me by the magic. If that healing is taken away, the dam could break all at once and release everything that's happened to me, upon me. [He can't suppress his shudder at the idea.]

If you enjoy magical conundrums, this is it.

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