Scintilla Aquila
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It looks to me like the writing is internally inconsistent about it: as you say, Smolder does seem to indicate in the second panel that she doesn't need gems to survive; but as Frustration says, she doesn't challenge Swift's claim to the contrary in panel 3.
Honorary Yak
It looks to me like the writing is internally inconsistent about it: as you say, Smolder does seem to indicate in the second panel that she doesn't need gems to survive; but as Frustration says, she doesn't challenge Swift's claim to the contrary in panel 3.