Ikaria looked at the knives on the table and picked up one of the scalpels.<br/>"Oh, it's a rare magical defect that is sometimes known to be fatal...it's a shame really...if we'd noticed it before you had the pains I could've just used some magic to reverse it without much problems, but once the pain hits with this particular illness it's irreversible.  At least we can take some samples from you and try to figure out a cure for the more advanced stages of the infection."  She mentioned as she slithered ever closer with the sharp blade in hand...if what she just said wasn't enough to make him tell the truth about his aches and pains then she wasn't sure what was.