First thing I did this morning was put on my healing armor, modified to make it better at healing me. I also used a long-lasting variant of Flore, I really didn’t want to feel it when I inevitable got blown up today.

After that was done I started working with the Blastbark, only to immediately be grateful that I used Flore a little bit earlier. Despite not being able to feel pain having your hand reduced to little more than stump does not help with concentration.

The first thing I did was make it more stable, I realized my mistake too late. After a much longer delay in which I had a chance to examine the herb, it blew up again, much more violently. The only reason I managed to stay conscious after being thrown halfway across my grove was because I couldn’t feel pain.

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Luckily I managed to heal my injuries before anyone found me, I wouldn’t want someone trying to stop me from making use of Blastbark. Or worse, destroy it.

The next change seemed to do the trick. What I did was make it significantly less stable, to the point that instead of causing an explosion with the mana it builds up, it just kind of leaks it out. No more explosions.

But of course, no explosions means that the plant is useless to me. What exactly I need with explosions is a question for another day.

So I spent the day experimenting with Blastbark. My study focused on keeping the plant stable without having it explode. Something easier said than done. I lost track of how many times I had it blow up in my face today, though it got easier to reduce how much I was injured each time it happened.

In the end, I did not figure out how to make Blastbark actually stable, but I did make good strides towards understanding it.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.