Difficult Choices

"There is something I need to ask you." Roley said, stopping the mental cultivator from departing.

Aeron stopped, then turned to once again face the young scholar. "Speak, but make it fast, if you don't mind." His disembodied, emotionless voice said.

"How likely is it that you can help Daniel recover completely?" Roley asked.

"As I have said, provided that I have enough power, it should not be a problem." Aeron said as his mental power encompassed the scholar. He could see a mind plagued by uncertainty and worry. "You can be at ease, this isn't completely uncharted territory for someone of my background." He then added, hoping that such reassurance could ease the other's mind.

Unfortunately, Aeron's attempt seemed to only partially succeed. "It's just that.. you haven't seen it. You don't understand yet the magnitude of the threat we are facing, and-" Roley said before being interrupted.