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[pratservant]

[Merlin's sitting at the foot of a bed, a large laundry basket beside him. The actual laundry is folded beside it so that the basket can instead hold a duck - one of Freya's, looked after by him until she's able to do it herself

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[sewing_prince]

Hollows.

Not visible to the normal human eye and they usually feast on souls.

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[sewing_prince]

The Quincy's way of battling Hollows differs from that of the Shinigami.

They were unsuccessful in killing all of my clan. Of those that were left, their numbers dwindled until it was just the Ishida line, my grandfather was the last one officially recognized by the Shinigami.

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[pratservant]

...The Shinigami?

[Of course, his mind goes to one in particular. His words of denial come out in a rush of breath.]

Oh no.

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[sewing_prince]

To be honest, when Sensei told me the story of the extermination, I believed that the Shinigami were just. The Quincy were a proud clan, but they turned a deaf ear to the Shinigami's words.

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[pratservant]

Were their methods so bad? Surely all of them didn't deserve to be...[Only one word keeps coming to mind.] purged.

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[sewing_prince]

Like I said, the Quincy and Shinigami's methods are different. When a Shinigami kills a hollow, they are purifying the soul.

When a Quincy kills a hollow, they are, in fact, destroying it.

[And then his face becomes darker, he's slightly bitter about this part. Especially after he discovered that the souls of 2,000 of his ancestors were harvested to be experimented on.]

No, they didn't. My Sensei, for instance, advocated for more of an first responder relationship. The Quincy would protect the souls from the Hollows until the Shinigami arrived.

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[pratservant]

[Wait, wait. Merlin thinks he's piecing something together. Namely the talk about hollows and their souls, why monsters would have them and why shinigami would care about them.]

What exactly are hollows?

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[sewing_prince]

Souls of those who languished too long in the world of the living after death. I've only ever seen one soul turn into a hollow, however. He was tied to a hospital that apparently had been very important to him when he was alive and thus, he continued to linger there after his death.

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[pratservant]

You said that when you heard the story, you believed the Shinigami were right. Do you still believe that?

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[sewing_prince]

I did... until they allowed for the merciless slaughter of my Sensei, who had been under strict watch by the Shinigami because of his status as the Last Quincy.

My Grandfather pitched the idea of having the Shinigami and Quincy working together to protect souls from the Hollows. Since we were in the real world already, we would act as a first defense, protecting until the Shinigami arrived.

Sensei died because of that idea, he was surrounded by Hollows, but did not slay them, believing that the Shinigami would arrive. They did... two hours too late.

Several years later, I discovered that one of the Shinigami Captains had experimented on the souls of 2,000 of my ancestors. Including my Grandfather.

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[pratservant]

I rather agree with your Grandfather. It's a shame they didn't listen.

Experiment? Why?

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[sewing_prince]

It is.

Apparently to study the arts of the Quincy. If you were to ask me, I believe he's more of the mad scientist type who did it because he could.

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[pratservant]

I know someone who'd be very upset to hear science used in such a way.