"Hm?"
Elliot stared, taken aback.
On the back of the Card, a dot had been added to Dorothea's name, splitting it into two parts.
Namely: Doro; Thea.
Doro was a nickname for Dorothea, but it was a little too intimate, like a pet name for a small child. No wonder Dorothea sometimes disliked it.
Thea, meanwhile, was Sia's name.
Sia was a quiet girl, and Elliot did not have much of an impression of her.
She almost never spoke of her own accord. On the few occasions she had appeared, Dorothea had called her out.
But the two seemed to get along well and often took turns controlling the body. This was also one reason behind Dorothea's reputation for being "everywhere": she really did not need to rest.
"But how did she end up combined with Dorothea's Card?"
They were clearly supposed to be two people!
After all, when Dorothea and Sia had combined like terms, the Card had not changed at all. The crow had still been on the back.
Elliot looked at [Believer Dorothea; Ramsey] on the front of the Card. Wasn't that still her original name?
"Wait, this change only appeared after I chose [Radiance]!"
The front of this Card had not changed, but the crow on its back had. That was precisely the result of choosing [Radiance].
"Wait, no!"
A thought suddenly surfaced in Elliot's mind.
"There was originally only a crow on the back of the Card. If I'd chosen [Eclosion], would Sia have... disappeared?!"
After all, compared with other Paths, advancement through the Difference Engine came with an extra bonus effect-restoring one's condition completely!
This was not just ordinary healing. Even with all ten of Vanessa's fingers gone, it could restore every last one!
It was more like healing plus purification, removing all negative