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Kaijo · 2011-02-20, 14:03

This is true, as I'm only going off a fansub, too, which uses "kill" instead of "feed." We'd have to get someone in here who can understand Japanese to try and parse the phrase.

Could it be possible a familiar only feeds? Yes. But then, feeding might be worse than death. Torture usually is. The one Kyoko let escape, says it has the power to make humans bounce once for each lie they've told over their lifetime; on average, a human lies a LOT, so a human is going to be bouncing for a long time. Possibly in pain, but at least being trapped and bounced for a LONG time is going to drive a lot of people nuts. It doesn't specify any kind of limit as to how many humans it can have bouncing at a time.

And lastly, whether someone is tortured or killed (or dies during torture to, say, heart concerns), would mostly be up to the familiar or witch. I'd find it a bit hard to believe that no one has ever died to a familiar. Statistically speaking, there would have to be some that have died.

So, even if you don't think familiars kill on average, you're still looking at physical and mental torture, based on its powers. It's up to the reader to determine which is worse.

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Kaijo Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow, in a house dropped on an ugly, old woman.	This is true, as I'm only going off a fansub, too, which uses "kill" instead of "feed." We'd have to get someone in here who can understand Japanese to try and parse the phrase. Could it be possible a familiar only feeds? Yes. But then, feeding might be worse than death. Torture usually is. The one Kyoko let escape, says it has the power to make humans bounce once for each lie they've told over their lifetime; on average, a human lies a LOT, so a human is going to be bouncing for a long time. Possibly in pain, but at least being trapped and bounced for a LONG time is going to drive a lot of people nuts. It doesn't specify any kind of limit as to how many humans it can have bouncing at a time. And lastly, whether someone is tortured or killed (or dies during torture to, say, heart concerns), would mostly be up to the familiar or witch. I'd find it a bit hard to believe that no one has ever died to a familiar. Statistically speaking, there would have to be some that have died. So, even if you don't think familiars kill on average, you're still looking at physical and mental torture, based on its powers. It's up to the reader to determine which is worse.