... the kind of potential it implies, yes. "The power to restore life with just a wish can take it away just as easily. Used inappropriately, it can..."

[ he echoes, reciting someone else's words from a scene kurapika wasn't present for, letting himself trail off before finishing. he wouldn't, is the thing. he wouldn't do that. he doesn't want to hurt anyone.

but if someone had one of his friends, and it was them or a stranger, or even many strangers... what would he do? where would he draw the line? if he was placed in the kinds of positions where his only options would be two impossible choices? if someone were find out what he was, were to send him a message and threaten unthinkable things until they forced his agreement?

(or maybe he wouldn't even have the choice. what does he know about the depths people can stoop to? he's been alone for so long.) ]

... Nothing's happened yet. That I know of, anyway. But I'm not sure I'm being too hasty, not when people like Faldeus talk about how they've heard of rituals like this one. Except the people who were there were there willingly, all because they thought it would give them the chance to make even just one wish.

[ that's the nature of the power he has. ]