The supply of finished cocoons is now sufficient, and there is no further need for concern on that account. Yet the secret technique still carries the unresolved trouble of the blood-taking—should there ever be a shortfall, all prior effort would be undone. Thus, even should the technique succeed fully, the one who undergoes it would still never truly be free, even for a moment—this is no true immortality.
Resolving this knot is a matter of the utmost urgency.
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