"No one knows. People find ruins of the Ancients' civilization sometimes, and Artifacts, but very rarely any writing, and if anyone has translated any of it I haven't heard of it."

"So there was basically some kind of apocalypse?"

"That's sure what it seems like."

"Hhhhow worried should I be about causing apocalypses with magic."

"Good question! Bar, are there any available documents that could shed light on this subject."

Records indicate a prolonged war before the ultimate collapse of the civilization.

"...So maybe be careful who else you make a sorcerer, but besides that you're probably fine."

"Noted."

"I'm vaguely curious what happens if you sorcerer somebody and then the loop resets them but I think that goes on the list of things that are a bad idea to test."

"Kinda, yeah. I'm not even positive I'll keep it, since it sounds like it applies to the body, but it's worth a go."

"Wow, warn a girl."

"...Sorry." He looks vaguely uneasy.

"It's okay, just tingly."

"What's tingly?" Charlotte asks, coming back in wearing a circlet with a blue stone in the front.

"The spell."

"Which one?" she asks, closing the door behind her.

"I don't know, he didn't actually say, for all I know the painkiller feels like nothing and he cast before it without me noticing."

"...Ah."

"The painkiller and the ensorcering."

"It's very tingly."

"Good."

"Thanks, by the way."

"You're welcome."

"So I assume you'll want a copy of everything too...Bar, what's the best memory-to-volume-ratio computer you can give me with an intuitive interface?"