[Oh, he'll appreciate the thought, but he already tried some stuff and it didn't work very well. He's just glad to even have a voice, it just seems that he'll have to get used to speaking again.]

That would be far preferred, and before the Count tries to do anything to me.

[Actually, that could be something Yun could do. She's a smart girl and could help him find something that will remove powers. That way he won't have to consider requesting a Gospel, which would be dangerous at best. Especially with the fact that he could get the real thing, not the replicas they had. With no powers, he would have little issue there as he is the more skilled fighter.]

Does anything exist in your world to cause an effect like the tunnels?