Loki's lips twisted. "Ah, the level of ethical thoughtfulness I'd expect from kidnappers..." he murmured.
He listened to what she said and remained silent for a few moments, staring at some point past Rita's left shoulder as his mind worked.
"I think your conclusion is well-supported," he finally said. "If the methods they will use are... chemistry-based... then we might be able to find a similar solution. Much more difficult than using magics, but not impossible. We have access to other drugs and presumably less therapeutic chemicals from supply rooms at night. I have liberated a pharmacopoeia from the medical library so we will know the formulae of what drugs we have access to. We can endeavor to craft our own antidotes, though a great deal of experimentation will be required."
He glanced down at his own hands. Turning people into monsters... he wondered what was to be done about those that already were monsters. He considered his own feelings of horror and denial; who else might soon be feeling the same thing? And it seemed somehow unfair, that this was a thing that could be done to others, and also a thing that could possibly be cured, when there would never be a cure for Loki.
Loki gave his head a little shake and pulled his attention back to the matter at hand, looking back up to meet Rita's eyes. "The methodology by that route will by necessity be crude, but I suppose it is better than no potential solution at all."
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He listened to what she said and remained silent for a few moments, staring at some point past Rita's left shoulder as his mind worked.
"I think your conclusion is well-supported," he finally said. "If the methods they will use are... chemistry-based... then we might be able to find a similar solution. Much more difficult than using magics, but not impossible. We have access to other drugs and presumably less therapeutic chemicals from supply rooms at night. I have liberated a pharmacopoeia from the medical library so we will know the formulae of what drugs we have access to. We can endeavor to craft our own antidotes, though a great deal of experimentation will be required."
He glanced down at his own hands. Turning people into monsters... he wondered what was to be done about those that already were monsters. He considered his own feelings of horror and denial; who else might soon be feeling the same thing? And it seemed somehow unfair, that this was a thing that could be done to others, and also a thing that could possibly be cured, when there would never be a cure for Loki.
Loki gave his head a little shake and pulled his attention back to the matter at hand, looking back up to meet Rita's eyes. "The methodology by that route will by necessity be crude, but I suppose it is better than no potential solution at all."