[ One-third cursed indeed. Rezo's done more research than perhaps anyone else into chimeras, but he has to admit there are still a lot of unknowns in the area. It's unfortunately such a controversial, borderline taboo area of research, that few are willing to experiment with it and even fewer are willing to admit to and share the results of their research.

To Rezo's chagrin, Zelgadis has noticed his dizzy spell. Rezo's able to keep his expression relatively placid, but it doesn't make it any easier to explain himself. ]

I thought I might be able to brute force my way through the curse, so I put considerably more energy into that Flow Break than the spell normally calls for.

[ That doesn't really answer the implicit question, but he hopes Zelgadis is merciful enough not to actually make Rezo spell out his own weakness. It should be apparent from this that Rezo's pool capacity is not what it used to be. ]

-But I do understand your concern. Our next best option for breaking the curse is to defeat the mazoku who inflicted it, and it won't give any quarter for weakness. We'll need to be better prepared. Since you've already had the dubious pleasure of meeting our quarry, what did you notice about it?