[It's a truly miraculous tool. And the little world he comes from needs a miracle sooner than later.]

It doesn't have to be the replicator itself.

[Being vague now will only go against what he just said. This is an opportunity, and Pyra is, he's found, a warm listener. He hopes to return the favor someday, but for now he seizes the opening as he continues to look forward.]

Revenants don't subsist on food. We need blood; without it, we become creatures consumed by bloodlust. . . . But here, I've managed just fine on the replicator. If I can ascertain even a part of the product's makeup . . .