Death was the complete destruction of the body, and Permanent Madness was the complete annihilation of the Spirit Body. Both were irreversible, let alone treatable.
But what made Elsa's [Amber] unique was that anyone sealed inside it would be frozen at that instant.
Strictly speaking, Dorothea had not died, nor had Victoria gone mad. They had simply been frozen forever at the instant before they vanished completely.
But because [Amber] merely suspended their state, although they were not dead, they could not be considered alive either.
Death was not so easily fooled. The moment [Amber] was released, they would die completely, with no way to save them.
That was also why the treatment had to take place while they were in [Amber].
In fact, Phoebe and Clara's method amounted to exploiting a bug. Those in [Amber] normally could not receive any treatment; otherwise, simply pouring [Honey] into them would have sufficed.
But the condition for Clara's [Possession] was merely that the host was not dead... and [Amber] happened to occupy that intermediate state.
At that moment, although the Hearthfire District appeared peaceful and calm, mobilization and preparations were proceeding with extreme efficiency behind the scenes.
"We're doing it? Isn't this cutting things a little too close?" a green crow strapped to a spinning fan said in Elsa's office.
"We have no choice. Abilities that can cure madness are far too rare. If we don't try now, who knows how long it'll take to roll another one." Elsa looked up at the green crow. "Sis, do you have to keep spinning like that?"
"I might have been spinning for too long. Now being stationary makes me dizzy. As soon as I stop spinning, my head starts swimming... Never mind that. How much longer will Phoebe's ability last?"
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