Turning my focus back to her, I responded, "the Maladictus curse latches onto the core and smothers the section that controls the magical gift from Magic. I needed a way for it to release the hold and then kill it. Then the last stage was to prevent it from ever happening again." Taking a big breath, as explaining things this dangerous to the parents of your girlfriend was daunting, I continued, "the curing process involved putting them to sleep so they wouldn’t feel pain. Once awake, they were cured."