where are you going?
"Eh--"
As Clear had come to understand, following the Wisdomwalker's predictions often took him through absurd paths and trials all to preserve the sanctity of the Circle of Knowledge. All well and good, but not every act committed would be regarded positively by those who paid unfortunate witness. And that day had been blatant memory manipulation that had left the victim dazed and confused, all because they would be destined to eventually stumble down a scholastic path that would've led them to the Intelligentsia Guild, to become obsessed with Voracity, and eventually so depraved and immoral that several planets in the Lafcadio System would've been destroyed.
So, in doing this, they avoided that.
Still, as the future villain bumbled away, confused as to how they'd wound up in this quiet part of Duomension City, Clear was left with a witness he didn't think would notice. Let alone the literal, exalted hero of the story.
"What, you've never seen Meridian Wave Therapy before?" he said automatically, speaking before he thought it through. "After that Happiness Syntax, lots of people have had issues. We're just trying to alleviate some of those nasty aftershocks--for the right price, of course~!"









