a comic showcasing a gently-lit scene, with kaliyi (hyur) illuminated by candlelight at his desk, looking over a tome, while the lifeless body of batu (au ra) lays behind him the text reads "Log LIII (50). In order for something new to be born, something else must end and decay."
the comic continues "Alchemy revolves around this base concept--something must always be broken down into its base parts, its 'prima materia,' before it may be unified once again. Among these are three chief forms:" "sulfur, the soul," with an image of glowing white auracite "salt, the body," with batu's body "and mercury, the spirit. The principle of change and fluidity; communication between parts of a whole. In more straightforward terms, at the risk of oversimplifying things, it could be considered the 'heart.'" with a behind shot of kali at his desk
kali looks toward batu's body, blood soaked through the bandages on his chest, thinking, "That being said... what substitute is there for a heart?"
kaliyi sighs and stands from his desk, then crosses the room to sit at batu's side. "Alchemy is rather more abstract than arcanima, but the basic principles are the same. So why haven't I made a breakthrough?"
— "The Art of the Alchemist replaces the Time of Nature."
a comic about how kaliyi handles the light corruption and death of batu in shadowbringers
#gpose ‣ #bookwyrm
#kaliyi ‣ #batu
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