[Tech grins slightly. Now they're getting into his subject.]
Opinions differ, and that is mostly due to a lack of understanding of how this place operates on a physical level. Some evidence suggests that this city is a plane of existence that is created for or maintained by the coral itself. If that's the case, then destroying the coral could potentially return everyone home, but it could also leave us without a physical plane of existence. Which would be unfortunate, to say the least. However, there's also evidence to suggest that this world is much more conventional, and the coral itself is the only meta-dimensional aspect. As for the curses. It seems very likely that they're at least influenced by science, but that doesn't explain the near supernatural degree of their effects--much like what you are experiencing now. It's probably safe to assume that science is working through the coral in some way.
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Opinions differ, and that is mostly due to a lack of understanding of how this place operates on a physical level. Some evidence suggests that this city is a plane of existence that is created for or maintained by the coral itself. If that's the case, then destroying the coral could potentially return everyone home, but it could also leave us without a physical plane of existence. Which would be unfortunate, to say the least. However, there's also evidence to suggest that this world is much more conventional, and the coral itself is the only meta-dimensional aspect. As for the curses. It seems very likely that they're at least influenced by science, but that doesn't explain the near supernatural degree of their effects--much like what you are experiencing now. It's probably safe to assume that science is working through the coral in some way.