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1.. Body Desecration

"I'm going to go down there and get some parts, this is a once in a life time opportunity."

Kendra frowned, "But those are dragon parts."

Tanu shrugged, "They're going to desecrate the body anyways, it's a waste of parts."

"A waste of- what?" Kendra stared. "But dragons are sentient beings. That's like taking someone's organs when they get killed in front of you!"

"We need the parts," he hissed. "We need better potions and dragon parts are necessary for that."

"I dunno," Seth muttered. "I don't think this is okay to do."

"Look at it this way," Tanu said. "If I don't get the parts we could die."

"But if you do get them it could ruin any opportunity we have to get peace," Kendra pointed out. "And you'll be desecrating his body in the process."

"Just deny any involvement in what I'm doing if you need to. I need the parts."

"I can help!" Calvin chimed in. "Let me go too!"

Tanu scooped Calvin up and headed down, ignoring Kendra and Seth telling him to stop.

"Well," a voice said behind them. "Your potions master seems to have some ethical issues."

Kendra and Seth turned slowly, finding Celebrant in human form standing behind them.

2.. The Dead Are Sacred

"I need to get the parts," Tanu argued. "This is a once in a life time opportunity. I may never have this chance again."

"But the dragons consider their dead sacred," Kendra argued. "Taking from their dead is sacrilegious."

"They're going to desecrate his body," Tanu pointed out. "So it doesn't matter."

Seth shook his head, "But that's amongst themselves. If a human is the one doing it it's a whole different matter."

"Even Navarog was angry about a dragon not being honored in death," Kendra pointed out. "He was furious it was used for human amusement instead of being destroyed properly."

"None of that matters," Tanu said with a sigh. "These parts could be the difference between life and death for us."

"But is it worth it if we're desecrating the dead?" Kendra asked.

"I thought you didn't do those unethical potion master practices," Seth agreed.

Tanu sighed, "Sometimes you have to do things you're not proud of to do what is right in the end."

3.. Do Not Take What Is Not Yours

Kendra frowned at the bird on the table that Tanu had pinned down.

"Tanu… why is there a living bird on your table?"

Tanu cut up the leaves to mix into his potion.

"I need its feathers, but they only work fresh, so I can't use my saved ones."

"Oh…" she stared at the bird thrashing in it's hold. It sent her a pleading look. "The bird looks familiar."

"It's the naklerd bird," he said distractedly. "Sacred to the locals here."

Tess stared at the bird, "It's scared."

"I'll let it go when I finish getting the feathers," Tanu assured. "But I need the feathers for the underwater breathing potion."

He seemed satisfied with his potion so far and turned to the bird.

"Can you stir my potion while I pull some feathers?"

Kendra did not want to, but she moved to it anyways.

Tanu held the bird in place as it started squawking louder, moving as much as it could in his grasp. Its feathers glittered in the dim light, a strange beauty that blossomed red with a pull of Tanu's hand.

A feather hung in his grip.

"Good, not broken. I just need five more."

Tess burst into tears and fled the room, the bird on the table in front of Kendra stared at her desperately.

Kendra hated potion making.

4.. If The Source Isn't Ethical Neither Are The Parts

"I have some dragon parts you can use," the giant said. "So you don't need to concern yourself with the ethics of it."

Kendra frowned, "But you guys enslave the dragons. None of the parts you would have could be considered ethical."

"It's fine," Tanu assured her. "The dragons here need to be chained up. And I'm sure the giants wouldn't do anything wrong to get the potion ingredients, they're honorable."

Kendra thought of all the dragons enslaved on the preserve. She thought of the giant looking down on them (literally and metaphorically) because of their height.

"I don't think that's how it works," Kendra said.

Ronodin (sorry, Prince something or other) leaned against the wall behind her.

"Kendra is right," he chirped. "There is no ethical consumption of dragon parts unless the dragon willingly donates it's parts in a place it's not enslaved."

"I hate to agree with Ronodin," Kendra muttered.

Tanu sighed, "Kendra, have some faith in me. You know I wouldn't do anything unethical."

Kendra wasn't so sure, their thoughts on the enslavement of the dragons hadn't rubbed her right.

5.. That's a Dryads Tree

Kendra frowned at Tanu cutting the tree standing before the entrance to the dragon temple.

"Tanu, that's the dryads tree."

"I know," he said. "But the dryad is dead, so there's no reason to leave the parts to go to waste."

Kendra bristled, "The dryad saved our lives!"

"And she'll save our lives more with potion ingredients, these will be very helpful."

"You can't do that," Kendra insisted. "She didn't say you could cut her tree."

"It's just a tree," Tanu dismissed.

"It's practically her corpse," Kendra scowled.

"She's dead," Tanu insisted. "It's okay, here, hold this for me."

Kendra let the bag drop to the ground.

She did not like his potion practices.

6.. Those were ethically donated!

Kendra stepped into Tanu's potions lab and stopped.

"Tanu… why is there a dead body here?"

Tanu looked up from the human body he was cutting open.

"Oh, I got cleared by the Potions Association to get bodies donated to science for potions ingredients! It's a great honor-"

"That's a human body," Kendra said.

"Yeah, donated to-"

"What the fuck."

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OMAKE: Testing Potions

Ronodin: Idk why you're getting onto him about the unethical ingredients when you're letting him test his potions on you

Kendra: what

Ronodin: well he just designed that potion, he hasn't tested it, you're his test subject

Kendra: ….

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