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by Aria on July 22, 2016 at 12:12 AM

Chapter: Mile High Engage

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I’m sure it’ll be fine.

caribouchat

Awww.
ryu hayabusa

>uses poison
>calls changing weight to save self from poison”cheap”
ulrich just gtfo of here
- Aria
  
  Cheap is only okay when I do it
  - ryu hayabusa
    
    xD essentially
- Amaaré
  
  I don’t think resisting/negating the poison was done by changing weight as such, just another aspect of total bodily control.
  - ryu hayabusa
    
    changing the size of your body assumingly changes the size of organs needed to absorb poison such as the liver, that’s why it takes bigger doses of tranq darts to knock out elephants. The size of them and all :p
    - Wereael
      
      While it may be possible that she resisted the poison by changing her weight, it’s not definite until confirmed in-comic, unless Aria wants to step in. It’s a good theory though.
      - ryu hayabusa
        
        till then I suppose xD
      - Aria
        
        As far as these two particular functions go, they’re pretty much unrelated! “Changing her weight” is adjusting how her body’s physical manifestation is affected by outside factors, so she’s expending energy against the atmosphere’s to make herself more buoyant or more heavy. “Negating poison” is more internal, either accomplished by bolstering her metabolism to filter it out or, if it’s something especially lethal, slowing the speed that she processes it until she can get help.
        
        So, while it looks pretty cheap from the outside, most of a commanders’ tricks are just using energy to fight their environment’s effects on them, not actually impervious to damage or poison or any of the things they like to claim. It also takes a proportional amount of power to accomplish all this, which might end up being harder on the body than the original assault was.
        
        Hazard said a liiiittle bit about this like a hundred years ago!
      - Wereael
        
        neato
    - Amaaré
      
      Except she doesn’t change her size 😛
      - Wereael
        
        He probably means total body mass, which is how she would be lighter and heavier. People that weigh more in general are more resistant to drugs, poison, and have a higher tolerance for alcohol, among other things.
Amaaré

D’aww, such classic Phin and Ulrich at the end there.
1 on 1ing the boss though, rarely a good move.
- Aria
  
  A quick and easy way to end your adventuring career early tbh
Alex Simpson

It’ll be fiiiiiiiine.

FINE LIKE ROCK SALT, OH!
Aria

Watching the wiki grow up is probably one of the coolest things I’ve seen so far in relation to my little comic, you guys are so awesome!!
Monochrome

“Everything will be fine.” the slightly less blatant, though equally dangerous cousin of “What’s the worse that could happen?”.
ProbablyASerialKiller

Aw Ulrich’s little smile in the last panel!
- Aria
  
  He should use it more often I think
Elkian

He’s okay with the arm-grabby… maybe he’s starting to like her, just a little lol

(But Phin, please work on the boundaries thing.)