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"...this means..." Vincent muttered.

"She's... half hunter, half mage." he said.

"....." Ash was silent for a moment, before smacking his forehead.

"That explains it!" he exclaimed.

"All those injuries! She's literally at war with herself!"

Ash didn't say anything, as they all felt a swirl of mana outside the manor.

"That'd be him." Ash said.

He then made his way to the door and let the elder mage in.

They made their way further inside, and Vincent stopped when he saw Desiree with the blade.

"...dear Lord..." he said quietly.

"Okay." Ash replied.

"And yeah, I've seen them before." he told her.

"Well, images, anyway." he said.

"They're... hunter runes." he realized.

I'm on my way. Demi received as a reply.

"Called to you?" Ash asked.

"Okay... odd." he said.

"And... problems?" he asked Demi.

"What kind of problems?"

"....great." Ash growled.

"Here comes ANOTHER trip to the-" he started to say, but then stopped.

"...huh?" he asked.

"She's not collapsing." he said.

"That's not right, is it?" he asked Demi.

"Stressful." Ash responded.

"Guil work's been hard." he told her.

"Family issues not helping." he mumbled.

"My daughter's been in a few incidents that took her to the hospital." he went on.

"So yeah. Stressful."

"Ah." Ash responded.

"I see." he said, going to the fridge, grabbing a bottle of something, and returning.

"Here." he told her.

"This helps speed up mana replenishing in mages."

"....hmmmmmmm...." Ash muttered.

"I see." he said.

"Really that dangerous, huh?" he asked.

"Need medical attention?" he then asked her.

Ash was silent as the woman said what she did.

"Er... right." he said. "Sure thing, Demi." he commented.

He then looked at the box on the coffee table, and raised an eyebrow.

"That thing, huh?' he asked.

"Interesting..." he said, trailing off a bit.

"Mind if I take a look?" he asked her.

"Here." Ash responded.

"Just in case something happens." he reasoned.

"I'll take her back when she wakes up." he then told her.

"Beyond that, I'll let her sleep." he sighed, shaking his head.

"Thanks for this, Emma."

"I can't afford to leave any stone unturned, any corner unexplored." Ash responded.

"So.... yeah, guess she's getting a battery of tests." he said.

"Hopefully something turns up." he sighed.

"I want to get to the bottom of this." he told her further, severity in his tone and eyes.

"Desiree can't keep living this way."

"Mm." Ash muttered, before pausing.

"Wait." he said.

"Genetics...?" he mumbled quietly, an eyebrow raised up a little.

"Well, I guess we can't immediately discount that possibility." he reasoned with a shrug.

"Maybe she should get a battery of tests done, see if anything unusual crops up." he then said, seeming to be thinking out loud once again, before looking at Emma.

"What do you think?" he asked. "Would some tests be worth doing?"

"You've helped more than enough." Ash responded.

"Seriously. The fact that she won't need a cane is help enough." he told her.

"I guess this is just something Desiree an I need to work through." he then sighed.

"I hope I can find this out." he said quietly.

"Makes me wonder if this is because of her past." he went on.

"Did her family create wounds that run THAT deep?" he wondered aloud, shaking his head some.

"Sorry, just thinking aloud." he apologized to Emma.

"...wow." Ash muttered.

"Just... just... wow." he said.

"That's unreal." he commented. "I'm... glad I took her HERE." he then commented.

"Guess I should try and get some answered, though." he continued.

"I don't need this to happen again." he reasoned. "And neither does SHE."