"We'll do that," Mercury said hesitantly. "And she'll heal you as well."
"Heal me?" Mars repeated. "What's done cannot be undone, you know that. Get used to me like this." And with that she vanished.
"What did she mean by that?" Ranma asked weakly as Mercury helped her stand.
"Don't talk, Mistress," Mercury said. "We need to get you somewhere you can rest until Saturn can take us to Kyoto."
"But what did she mean by it can't be undone," Ranma asked. Mercury was amazed at the girl's concern for the tainted Mars while suffering herself and consented to answer.
"Changes of such a basic nature are...difficult to change," she said simply. "Sometimes even impossible. It is very likely that she will remain a dark genie for the rest of her life."
"But somebody changed her," Ranma said, as Mercury lay her down on what could pass for a comfortable bed.
"Yes," Mercury said. "And if we wished to commit the same sin we could bring her back the way she used to be."
"So she's going to be bad then?" Ranma asked.
"Darkness is not evil," Mercury said. Silently she thought to herself. "Or so I hope. She could be using this to set us all up later, once all the rings had been found. Now rest."
"Uh.,,why do I feel so weak?" Ranma asked. Mercury sighed.
"You looked at the ghost, Ranma," she answered. "Without the proper training to handle such sights. You were aged, and since it was accelerated, it sapped your strength. Moon can give you your strength and grace back, but I'm afraid you have lost at least five years of your life."
The girl after all, now seemed to be a frail, if lovely teenager.
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(Posted Thu, 21 Nov 2002 11:21)
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