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[There is a moment where Yorda seems hesitant. It's hard to tell since her bangs are in severe need of a trim, but her brow is furrowed. She had promised China she wouldn't say anything yet, but she hadn't been forbidden to ask questions.]

[She screws her courage to the sticking point, sets her jaw, and looks at the screen, resolute.]

There was a time when the stones that hold - [She hesitates. Use your words, Yorda.]

...the soul-gems. There was a time when some were taken.

I would like to know about this.

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Are you worried about thieves, here?

No. Thieves are not worrying. The shape of their reason is not always bad.

But one who takes a person... there is no good in that.

What a smart girl you are, bityket. Who taught you to be wise, when you're still very small?

My mother, though it was not the lesson she wished to impart on me.

[ hmmm... ]

What was the original lesson?

To be afraid. To obey.

That's not a mother, bityket.

Yes. I have come to understand this when I see the Kedan and their families. But I know her by no other word.

[ better get back on track. ]

Why do you want to know about the soul gems?

I saw something but I do not understand it.

To know what came before will help.

They were stolen, by multiple parties. Some were experimented on, but almost all of them were returned before the effects of them missing could be lethal.

But not all of them.

[Her brow is knit as she works through this.]

What things changed?

No, I believe the khaikheben died -- re-died -- before his could be found.

People started experiencing symptoms even once their gems were returned.

Kah-ii... [She struggles with the word for a moment.]

Khaikheben - I do not know that name. You are saying he died twice? How is that possible?

Well done. [ He always appreciates people making the pronunciation attempt, even if they don't get it right. ]

Khaikheben is someone who considers themselves the sole dispenser of laws.

He died before he came here-- you'd know him to see him, he's the skeleton walking around in his ridiculous suit and hat. But to answer the question, lots of people here have died and returned.

To die and return - that is not something done easily. What price is paid to bring them back? Which god do they beseech?

For that, you'd have to ask him... his name is Skulduggery Pleasant.

Don't rely on gods too much, bityket, they'll always let you down.

Gods are evil. I would never ask them for anything.

And unexpectedly, wisdom from the little bee.

Is that something others do not think?

People seem entirely too eager to put their lives in the hands of what's not tangible, yes.

But they eat away life and give back nothing! Why?

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