Oh. It sounds like an empathy-based energy. [He can't say he's never worked with such magic, not if he wants Nanami to trust his artificer abilities, but that's going to make the enchantment challenging.] And its...every emotion? Can you ever get rid of it?

[He pulls his hand away. There's a creeping sensation in his arm, as if he just touched something repulsive. It reminds him of his childhood, after stepping out of a room his father was in and feeling rather sick with relief. Did the Darrington Estate have this much curse energy? Would pockets of Exandria have strong sources of this magic?]

So, misery is the source of your power. Or am I assuming incorrectly?