"Doesn't sound like any ailment I've heard of." It's all Noel can think of to say at first, processing the information. Suppose spells like Esuna won't do any good, in that event. Even if he's not sure what to do with the information, at least it's good to know about.

There's something discomforting about the thought, but that's true of all of this. If it's really the way of things, he doesn't know how long he'll take to adapt to it. But then, it doesn't seem like there's much choice in the matter.

"That happen to people often around here?" She did tell him that new arrivals dealt with those circumstances, but there could be other cases.