Nineteenth.

[fixmyresolve]

GACK!!!

Somehow--! Suddenly I think chopping down trees might be a really bad idea! Err... yeah, I'm uh... Sorry guys, but I don't think I'll be cutting your wood anymore! Hope that's not a problem!

Argh... I need to find a new job. Lessee what could I do? Er... didn't I fish last time I was here?

[At this point he's really not sure if he's

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[shoukanjutsu]

Actually, he's perfectly right!

You see, the World Tree, Yggdrasil, or perhaps, in the past, the Great Kharlan Tree, isn't literally involved in holding the world together (that'd just be stupid), but in actuality, it binds the world together through its duties in balancing the flow of mana, which is, of course, the essence of all life and magic, which distills down to being the essence of the world. Should the World Tree ever wither, or even be afflicted with disease, the mana would rapidly disperse from our world, first causing the destruction of all magic, leading to the collapse of the society of the elves, who would, of course, be deprived of their longevity and would subsequently die off due to their inability to survive without their magic, having been dependent on it for so long, taking with them a vast and ancient culture. The first in the long line of a list of tragedies, we would further begin to see worldwide catastrophes including weather disruptions due to the vanishment of the Summon Spirits of the elements, the collapse of all magic-instilled ruins, temples, and cities (you'd be surprised how many there are), and of course, quite a bit of subsequent general rioting and unrest amongst the other races of the world that would likely lead to a collapse of all sentient civilization; it's further implied that our world has . . . . . . . . ....... in the past . . ..... ...........

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. . . . .... . And so you see, that is what is truly meant but 'a tree that holds the world together'. Understand?

[fixmyresolve]

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What have I done?

[shoukanjutsu]

Oh. Sorry, Lloyd, I had a few more things I thought your friend might want to know, but I'll let you two carry on. But go ahead and let me know ASAP if you'd like to hear the 12 page report I wrote last night on the importance of proper incantation technique.

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Oh, sorry. Got the numbers mixed up, that's 21. . . . Wait, wait, no, it's both; 121.

I can see the light! Mom... I'll be joining you shortly!

[fixmyresolve]

Uh, yeah, but you don't have to bore people with your super-long version of the story!

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[Lloyd just lost a life. Srsly. Oh wait, just make that all but 1 HP.]

Man... talk about overkill...