Mest has finished teaching me everything he can today. Now it is up to me to actually figure what of what he taught me is actually useful. Though I might actually just let it be for a little while so production will increase, I still can’t do much with it as it is.

I talked with Thes today, he said that if things keep going how they have been going he is going to snap in a month. He told me about how he has picked up meditation, it helps but not a lot. He told me about some of Tiddol's and Mest's efforts to help him control his rage, some work, some dont. He talked about noticing Mest’s training, and how focused it is on non-lethal tactics, it makes him feel better but he knows it isn’t enough to stop his rage. Tiddol has started working on a sleep gas and other tranquillizers, but they have tried those things in the past to no avail. I asked if they ever tried using a restrictive armour, his response was that unless I can make something stronger than an adamantine, orichalcum, and mithril amalgam that it won’t work, that is beyond my powers for now.

Thes asked me to kill him, should he enter a rage and no one can stop him. He said that I’m the only one that would be capable of it, on both an emotional level and a physical level. Mest won’t do it, Tiddol is incapable of it, Par was barely able to beat him before his evolution, Willow would have been able to do it, but Thes has obtained a resistance to lightning in his journeys, along with most other things, he was always the one taking hits after all. The Ent’s might be able to do it, but most if not all of them would die in the process.

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He believes that I am more powerful than I give myself credit for, that the grove will directly come to my aid in such an event allowing me to do what no one else can. Despite that I am not going to give up trying to come up with a solution. I saw a plant called iron vine available for sale a while back, maybe that might help me.

After that heavy conversation I decided to talk with Bug, the healer. We talked quite a bit, all light-hearted subjects. His children have left the nest and are starting to make their way in the world. He talked about one of them in particular, a girl, she has inherited the bulk of his prowess in healing and has a passion for a more martial path. Though her martial skills are a bit lacking her skill in healing magic and an unusually high pain tolerance allows her to take a beating better than anyone else, letting her win fights through sheer attrition. I offered to get her personal training from one of the best soldiers in the village.

We spent a little while longer talking. We talked about his children, though none were as interesting as his daughter, we talked about his life and my own, and we talked about the wonderful art of healing. It was fun, and left me feeling light-hearted, I enjoy the Dragonewt’s company.

In the evening I hung out with Talus. She wanted to cook, so I helped her out with it. In the end, we had a nice meal for the two of us. It was a nice, romantic evening.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.