Dec, not Nec

Dec flinched at that. "They eat people here?" they asked, their voice trembling slightly. Glancing down at the meat on their plate, they suddenly felt sick and pushed it away. Maybe they should just focus on their vegetables and fruits instead...that way they were at least certain that they weren't eating someone who might have wound up on their plate. They weren't sure what to make of his words - either the monsters were well-hidden or Nec simply hadn't run into too many of them. Maybe it was a combination of both? Whatever the case, they knew they would have to be even more careful and observant.

"No... I'm not very strong, so I can't use too many weapons," they answered quietly. "I've tried." Maybe if they had been stronger, they wouldn't have lost an eye in the first place... They reached up to scratch at their bandages.

"What's a cow?" Dec asked, though they seemed relieved to hear that the meat wasn't human flesh. They took a small bite, and while they didn't completely dislike it they would have preferred it to be cooked a bit more. "And a deer?" They didn't think they'd heard of either of those animals before, if animals they were. For all Dec knew, they could just be different fruits and vegetables that just happened to grow meat instead. "Is there a difference between a sword and a knife?" They knew what a knife was but maybe sword was just another word for it that they didn't recognize? Or maybe it was a different kind of weapon entirely, like a pipe or ladle... They didn't know but they were hopeful that Nec would be willing to answer their questions.

Dec listened quietly to Nec's explanation, tilting their head slightly as they did their best to absorb all of the information they had been given. But what really scared them was the notion of the Illogical Field - that it seemed to have such power over not just the landscape but the people around it made them shiver. "Has it ever killed or seriously injured others?" they asked softly, wondering if maybe they had only traded their personal hell for another one where, while most people were nice, everything could simply be destroyed at the whim of the Illogical Field. If it could kill plants and...whatever fish were, then what was stopping it from hurting people? As far as they knew, trees couldn't just be turned to glass and return to normal like nothing had ever happened. That sort of thing should, in all likelihood, have the consequence of killing the unfortunate trees that had been turned to glass in the first place. Nothing ordinary would have survived that. "If it can kill plants and fish, what's stopping it from killing people...?"

Dec visibly relaxed. Still, that didn't really assure them as to what side effects that a tree being turned into glass or whatever might happen to those that lived in a river that suddenly turned into chocolate. Unless the local wildlife had long become immune to the Illogical Field's random changes to the environment? They didn't know, but maybe Nec would be willing to elaborate further on the effects that it might have on Teragaia's inhabitants. "I'm glad it's never killed anything..." they mumbled, taking another bite of their steak. "I just hope that things stay that way..."