It's not something that starts with our gods, not really. I've only ever heard of it happening in one of two ways - transferring from one person to another, or from touching an ayakashi. That's one way. Another is feeling bad about things and hiding it, without washing it off.
[She gestures to the back of her hand by way of explaining, even though nothing's there.]
A little blight... that kind of thing can happen. One time, one of my friends got hurt and I felt like it was my fault. A little blight cropped up and my god could feel it. It was bad, but it wasn't incurable. I had to wash the area as soon as possible so I didn't transfer it to someone else.
[That story used to make her feel the guilt crop up again. Now she's dealt with it a little better.]
The important thing is to not cover it up or ignore it, especially to your god or goddess since they can feel it anyway. For all we know, the blight could be on our backs where it's harder to see, so we shouldn't be ashamed of washing in holy water just to be safe sometimes.
[Then she shifts her tone.]
But you're right, ayakashi are something we have to fight sometimes. We just have to be careful when we do. We don't actually have to get up close most of the time to use our Rend spell, at least not until the last second. The longer we stay away from the ayakashi, the less likely it is we'll accidentally touch them and catch the blight that way.
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It's not something that starts with our gods, not really. I've only ever heard of it happening in one of two ways - transferring from one person to another, or from touching an ayakashi. That's one way. Another is feeling bad about things and hiding it, without washing it off.
[She gestures to the back of her hand by way of explaining, even though nothing's there.]
A little blight... that kind of thing can happen. One time, one of my friends got hurt and I felt like it was my fault. A little blight cropped up and my god could feel it. It was bad, but it wasn't incurable. I had to wash the area as soon as possible so I didn't transfer it to someone else.
[That story used to make her feel the guilt crop up again. Now she's dealt with it a little better.]
The important thing is to not cover it up or ignore it, especially to your god or goddess since they can feel it anyway. For all we know, the blight could be on our backs where it's harder to see, so we shouldn't be ashamed of washing in holy water just to be safe sometimes.
[Then she shifts her tone.]
But you're right, ayakashi are something we have to fight sometimes. We just have to be careful when we do. We don't actually have to get up close most of the time to use our Rend spell, at least not until the last second. The longer we stay away from the ayakashi, the less likely it is we'll accidentally touch them and catch the blight that way.