Seiya looked at him with confusion demanding elaboration…
Orion decided this was an appropriate moment to provide more complete information about aspects of the situation that had remained hidden until now because the plan was already in motion.
"I once fell into the trap of not fully understanding how the stones that attract or repel corruption's beasts function," he explained, voice taking a more serious tone.
He remembered that time. The fear, the desperate scramble to understand what was happening before it killed him, and the lesson learned through pain rather than study.
"Those 'stupid imitations' initially used in Yino were replicas. They worked to a certain point but had limitations."
The imitations had been functional enough.
But they failed to be specific.
