Arthur feels guilt about the magic change and Van tells him that it was inevitable and could have been worse if it happened later and that he shouldn't feel guilt about something that needed to be done. Tedd says that she was already researching how to make magic safe and Arthur offers a laboratory.
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- Outside the physical world
Time[]
- Friday of the seer meeting
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- Greyscale
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- Portrait
- Three rows: three panels in row 1, three panels in row 2, three panels in row 3 (total: nine panels)
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| Arthur | Old magic... Lowered defenses... What have we done? |
| Van | Told nothing but the truth and got something inevitable to happen now instead of later when it would've been worse? |
| Van | What? If it didn't happen this time, it would've been next time, right? And this way, we get the good type of enchantment as the fault instead of maybe getting ticking clocks, right? |
| Arthur | I suppose you are correct. It's just the burden of having been involved in the decision to... |
| Van | PHHBBBBT~! |
| Arthur | I beg your pardon? |
| Van | We did a thing that needed doing! If ypou did what you should've done, guilt's a waste of time! |
| Van | (off-panel) Focus on what you need to do next! |
| Tedd | I guess building up people's magic defenses was always a thing I was going need to figure out anyway. It's not like people had good magic resistance before. |
| Arthur | You need to figure out? |
| Tedd | Oh, um... Before I knew magic could change like this, I was sorta studying magic and trying to figure out how to make it safe for everyone to have? |
| Arthur | ... |
| Arthur | When this is over, prepare your notes. Should I deem you competent, and if I can authorize it, you shall continue your research with a lab and funding. |