[ Sevika doesn't react to the mention of scarring. Oh, she knows what he's looking at. She just doesn't care. They're battle scars, same as all her others, and there isn't a single one that she's ashamed of. ]

That's all true.

[ And it gives her a baseline to build off of. ]

But you're missing the other pieces. It's a power source. Chemtech can run off of it efficiently. It can offer huge power boosts to machinery when needed. My old arm was designed around using it.

[ Which explains why her scarring is only on that left side. ]

It's also medicine.

[ Which she feels will be the big one Jayce won't be willing to accept. ]

It has regenerative properties even at the safest dosage. Break a bone? Shimmer. Recovering from a factory injury? Shimmer. Managing an illness? Believe it or not, shimmer. It won't cure anything terminal, but it'll sure make your life easier. Shimmer's saved plenty of lives in the trenches, and it's a good deal cheaper and easier to get than hauling yourself off topside and hoping you'll find a doctor willing to treat you.