Land of the Lustrous (宝石の国)

I'll bite them right off for you.

Your legs got better in the end.

Somebody will figure out a way.

You won't get any worse.

You must change.

You must find courage.

You'll make it.

But you don't have time.

If you just wait this out till spring...

Cinnabar will...

Phos!

What are you doing?!

Phos...

Your arms...

They're gone...

They're gone.

They're gone!

They're gone!

Reporting in.

Both of Phosphophyllite's arms were lost.

This failure is all mine.

I am terribly sorry.

Wha-?!

W-w-wait, this was clearly all my own fault.

I scoured the area as completely as possible, but...

Nevermind. I'll be more thorough this time!

This was all due to a lack of caution on my part.

No...

It was because I'm not used to working in pairs and was reckless.

I've never made such a blunder before...

I don't know what to do...

Well, this really is nothing new for me, so don't take it so hard.

But it is hard!

Well hey, look...

It'll be fine! Just like my legs.

You do recall that we have no material fit for you, yes?

Yeah...

Then do you know what must be done?

Nope, not at all. I raise my hands in defeat!

I mean my hands are probably rising right up out of the sea in defeat now.

Slow down.

I. Have. No-

Search the Chord Shore.

Huh?

The Chord... Shore?

Indeed.

Where was that again?

Out to the southwest.

You hardly remember anything, do you?

The Chord Shore is where all of you were born.

Where we were born...?

Thank y-

We're here.

Ancient organisms decompose in the sea, turning into inorganic substances,

and spend up to hundreds of millions of years working their way through the earth...

to be born again here.

It is only on the rarest of occasions that they are born like us.

And most simply wind up like that there.

Such knowledge among other things is then taught to us by Sensei,

and we are given work among our kind.

And we become who we are today.

Do you remember any of that?

Bits and pieces.

Is that so?

There's nothing here but gold and platinum.

This won't do.

It won't?

Gold and platinum are both extremely soft and malleable.

And more crucially...

They're far too heavy.

They're useless.

Well shoot...

Even after they've made it all this way.

I've affixed it temporarily.

Right. Okay.

I'm going to let go.

Oof!

I thought as much.

But your body doesn't seem to have rejected it.

Your Inclusions might still take a liking to it.