[quote=@shylarah]
[@Drakey] They're [i]definitely[/i] not a couple, what are you talking about?  That's ridiculous!

...In short, I love it~  ^.^  Yes please, can we do this?!

Please don't go shovingdemon ether into Ziotea.  You don't want the monster that will result.  But I could see maybe trying to use demon ether to synthesise stronger ether.  He might even be able to get away with experimenting on shoving demon ether into slaves (or omestrian ether to make them all produce the strong stuff) without making Ziotea disown him, but she would definitely tell him -- and probably just him -- that she finds it distasteful.  I imagine it's not only painful -- more so than having ether drained in the first place -- but also tends to result in frothing insanity, highly violent slaves that have to be restrained OE even killed, and perhaps corrupting the ether produced so it can't nbe used.  Maybe it also has a high death/failure rate, and failures can be...ah, explosive?  It might even produce rabid mutants!


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Yes, thank you for the ideas. 

As for messing with the slaves, Rodion is going to have a hard time doing this because Ziotea is part Omestrian, however, he is very skilled at shoving his emotions into a box. And yes, the failure rate (at least in the beginning) would be high. Also, I was thinking of using demons themselves in the beginning trials, then moving onto human subjects, and finally onto Ziotea (if she so wishes)

The only reason he would do this is because Rodion finds purpose/functionality to be beautiful. As such, beauty for the sake of beauty is not beautiful. However, the Steam Arcs are beautiful in his eyes. And an inquisitor should be strong, as such, the stronger the inquisitor the more functional and purposeful they are. As such, Ziotea (whom he unconsciously finds to be an exceptional beauty) would become even more attractive in his eyes if he made her ether stronger. 

Just an idea, it does not need to come to fruition.