This morning I talked to Mest about potential fixes to my missing arm, his responses weren’t very hopeful. There are several cases of mana based creatures surviving an attack like the one I had, but actually fixing the damage is incredibly rare. The only documented cases of it being fixed were always at the hands of either Origin or incredibly ancient dungeons, likely ones possessed by an Origin. While the actual description of what they do is relatively easy to get your hands on, actually figuring out how to pull it off yourself as only been accomplished once, by a true immortal. Not exactly something that inspires confidence in my chances of getting my arm back.

Around lunch time I took about five minutes to create a new arm for myself, it’s not like this type of thing needs a lot of effort at this point. I made it out of a mixture of all the plants I have access to, less for the function of the plants and more for the convenience of simply having instant easy access to all of my tools. I had it wrap around what was left of my shoulder in addition to a good quarter of my torso before it connected to my body.

When it connected to my body it felt different than what normally happens when I put on a new armour. It connected to me on a fundamental level, and though I don’t understand the how I understand the why and I have an inkling about the what.

When I put on one of my armors the intention is for it to be a temporary thing, so it only connects to me superficially, but for this new arm the intention was for it to be much more permanent, something I would keep and modify to suit my needs, instead of making something new every time. The intention was different, and As intention is a large part of magic that meant that the result was different.

The what I’m still working on, but I think I’m safe to say that I’m not going to lose this new arm anytime soon.

My control over my new wooden arm is much broader than my control over my more normal arm, but that control is a lot less fine. Yeah, I can move my new arm in a full circle at really any point on the arm, though the joints are easiest, I still need a lot of practice before I get the movements down. I can have it take any form I want, but just a normal arm is more comfortable to me so that is what I keep it while at rest. I can also have it do anything that I would be able to do with my plants separately, meaning I could have tendrils of Whitefoot pierce into someone for more directed healing, I don’t even have any of the decreases in efficiency I normally experienced by trying to use my magic indirectly through my plants. I can pull out a particular plant I need from it very quickly, much faster than I was able to before when I just kept samples in pockets of my armour. And finally, I can add a new plant to the arm, with no ill effects, effectively limitlessly. And I can use those new plants in just the same way I can use all the rest.

When I figured that last point out I went around and I added all of my more mundane plants to my armour with something of a childlike glee. Some even produce food. Obviously, that food is useless to me as it takes just as much mana to make it as I would get back from eating it, but I might have to feed someone without any food readily available someday.

In the evening Mest came to me excitedly and told me that someone is willing to get me some Ironwood. It wouldn’t even cost any money, just that I make him something when he arrives. It wasn’t clear what he wanted me to make, just that it would be within my power, if only barely. Mest wasn’t clear on what exactly he wanted to be made, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the guy didn’t know yet himself.

After that, I spent a while practising with my new arm. Everyone else was asleep by the time I stopped.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.