Settled · Chapter 1098

Why did Ginny have crystals on her face?

The answer

Sunlight disease. Ginny had a blue stone-like mark on her face from the disease that hardened her skin like stone and turned it blue upon exposure to natural light.

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How we know

Chapter 1098 · updated

Ginny had a blue stone-like mark on her face because of the disease that hardened her skin like stone and turned it blue upon exposure to natural light. The condition appeared on her face and eventually her entire body after she was exposed to sunlight. ch. 1098, p. 6 Bonney later developed the identical blue stone-like mark below her eye. ch. 1098, p. 9 Villagers immediately recognized it as the same mark Ginny had at the end. ch. 1098, p. 9 A doctor confirmed it was not white lead poisoning and ruled out sunlight avoidance as a cause. ch. 1098, p. 9 The disease killed Ginny after she crossed the ocean in sunlight to bring her baby home. ch. 1098, p. 6 "...AND HER SKIN HARDENED LIKE STONE. IT TURNED ALL BLUE IN THE SUN... HER FACE... HER ENTIRE BODY... I-IT HAPPENED WHEN SHE WAS EXPOSED TO NATURAL LIGHT..." ch. 1098, p. 6 "IT LOOKS JUST LIKE WHAT GINNY HAD AT THE END...!!" ch. 1098, p. 9 "AND BONNEY'S CONTRACTED THE SAME DISEASE HER MOTHER HAD!" ch. 1098, p. 10

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