Until you get the hang of it, removing a manastone is a tricky business. But it's like anything else: practice enough and it becomes second nature.

I figured out at an early age that I wasn't meant for hard labour or dangerous work, so being a manastone remover is the perfect profession for me.

Every once in a while, though, I feel like I'm not contributing enough to the glory of Asmodae. You ever feel that way?

• "Not really, no."

My fellow manastone removers are trying to synthesize more powerful manastones. I suppose that's the sort of thing I should get involved with if I want to contribute, eh?

We need as many HP +40, Accuracy +16, and Block +16 manastones as we can get. Bring me all three types, and I'll give you another manastone as a reward.

I'm just the collector--I don't know how the synthesis process works. But it seems like a win-win situation, right?

• Accept.
• Decline.

You remember which three kinds we need, right? The HP +40, Accuracy +16, and Block +16 manastones are useful to us.

You'd think one manastone is as good as another, but they tell me the slightest differences matter. "But they're all the same when I pry 'em out of the socket," I reply.

They haven't explained that part very well, have they? Maybe that's why I'm a manastone remover, not a manastone maker.

• "On my way!"

Take your extra manastones to Mael and exchange them for a new one.

I should probably learn more about this whole "manastone synthesis" project my colleagues are working on, huh? I never was much of a student, though.

Well, I guess I'm doing my part by collecting extra manastones from Daevas like you.

Show me what manastones you've gathered....

• "Here are the manastones."

These look different...and not just because I haven't yanked them out of a socket with my trusty pliers.

What did my instructions say? Oh, yeah: HP +40, Accuracy +16, and Block +16 manastones.

Come back when you've got the right ones.

• "On my way."

Wait just a second, there's a follow-up question I'm supposed to ask you. Let me see, what was it...

Ah, yes. "Thank you, insert name. Would you like to trade another set of HP +40, Accuracy +16, and Block +16 manastones?"

Well that seems simple enough, right? How about it?

• "Sure."
• "Perhaps later."

These...these don't look quite right, I'm afraid.

The list says, "HP +40, Accuracy +16, Block +16." Pretty clear implication that we need all three to continue.

Don't blame me, I didn't make the rules. I'm just a messenger. But I can't reward you until you bring the right items.

• "No problem. I'll be back."

I checked these three manastones you gave me, and they're just what we need.

Here's a new manastone in exchange. That was the deal, right?

Come back whenever you've got each kind of manastone...and remember, it's for the war effort!

Mael offered to exchange the manastones you don't use for a useful manastone.

You gave her HP +40, Accuracy +16, and Block +16 manastones, exchanging them for something more useful.