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[There's a quiet shout in the library this morning; please ignore it. It's just some kid waking up.

The feed clicks on to some kid who clearly just woke up. The angle's a little weird, like he's still flopped over on whatever he slept on (not bedding, by the looks of it; faint red imprints on his cheek suggest books).]

're there any ways to fight Shadows and stuff that aren't too reliant on muscles or supplies? I don't wanna be limited by how much of my formulas I have on me. [And, as an alchemist, he's kind of a squishy noodle-type. So anything that takes much strength won't go too well.

He's a bit sluggish to turn off the feed, but stops for a moment. Maybe if he were less just-woke-up-ish, he'd try to filter this or something. Who knows. Technology is still mysterious.]

Oh and, uh, if you know what happened to me back in winter or on my first day here, can you do me a favor and not tell Simon? I dunno how many people know. Maybe not about the cages, either.

[That's descriptive enough, right? Yeah, totally. Okay, off goes the feed.]

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I manage a fair amount using the right weapon and magic... I'm not the strongest, but I can get more leverage out of a naginata or a spear, you know. I'm happy to teach you the basics, if you want that to fall back on!

Some people have had good luck fighting shadows using anything that creates enough light and heat- fire works well as well as strong sources of light.

Is there a way to maybe make carrying your formulas easier?

Carrying 'em isn't the problem. [He pans the video to a large, almost steampunk-looking gauntlet, with glowing panels and sliding plates and a couple pips, and instead of fingers, a number of spouts...] I'm all set to fight with 'em whenever, I just have a limited supply. And it's a lot harder to get the reagents I use here.

Fire's my specialty! I can also do like zap and brrr too, Alchemy's all about wielding the elements! I have a few others but those're my best!

Spears and stuff aren't too different from staffs, right? Mostly I just hit whatever I can't use formulas on, but I'm really not good at it.