Padparadscha gives a soft laugh at that. All gems have their moments of failure - considering Antarcticite's low hardness, it's remarkable of itself that they weren't broken more often.

"Rutile has been the one fixing me for a long time now, but then, it's been such a long time since I was truly broken that I've almost forgotten how it feels."

Being 'incomplete' and being 'broken' are two different things, and while Padparadscha is incredibly used to the former, it doesn't present much opportunity for the latter to happen, especially with their hardness taken into account.

Once they twist the lid off the container, they show the contents to Antarcticite - it's a smooth, fairly thin liquid. "It is. It's similar to something they use in this world called 'paint', but made with gentler ingredients."

So it's essentially a drying liquid pigment - something that will wash off eventually with enough exposure, but otherwise stay fairly firm.