"That… makes sense." Amare nodded. "The Divine Doctor told me about his whole 'Gaia is alive and ill' shtick several centuries ago, before the Age of Martial Art, when I was still spreading Martial Art across the continent as Esil. At the time, I just laughed him off and moved on, but to think that centuries later, this epiphany of his would turn out to be largely true."
"Well, I still don't know if it's true, especially the living part. But the ill part is metaphorically true," Rui remarked. "And it is imperative that we find a way to fix it. It's what the Divine Doctor has been attempting to do for centuries, but as brilliant and able as he is, even he can't possibly fix a planet as enormous and exotic as Gaia by himself. He needs help."
"That's why you took him to Mother Maeria!" Amare's amber eyes lit up with realization. "You told me that she experiences the Transcendent Fear or whatever."
