[quote=@souleaterfan320]
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It's legitately a piece of them. Think of it as raw amaranthine. Their entire bodies are comprised of the stuff. When they take a physical form, it solidifies like this. We're trying to nab samples to study.
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So theoretically all you need is a piece of them to figure out how they work, or better yet, take their gift and use it against them?