[Alice's brow furrows as he asks her about the possibility of failed summons. The thought hadn't occurred to her, but it's certainly not outside of the realm of possibility. In her experience, rituals that go beyond what God intended come with a hefty price that mortals cannot feasibly pay. The multitude of failures and abominations left in the Émigré Manuscript's wake serve as testament to that fact.]
If there have been failures, we've heard nothing of them. I imagine that if a summoning had gone awry and lead to the summoning of something truly horrific, they would have cut the creature down then and there. The Prime Minister was armed when I was brought through.
[She sincerely doesn't realize that he is not speaking of a once-human monstrosity mutated through Malice.]
No talk of mistakes, either. As far as I know, everyone who has been summoned has been given a place in the barracks.
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If there have been failures, we've heard nothing of them. I imagine that if a summoning had gone awry and lead to the summoning of something truly horrific, they would have cut the creature down then and there. The Prime Minister was armed when I was brought through.
[She sincerely doesn't realize that he is not speaking of a once-human monstrosity mutated through Malice.]
No talk of mistakes, either. As far as I know, everyone who has been summoned has been given a place in the barracks.