[it's funny because hythlodaeus also would think it's stupid, oopsies]
I do not mind. [he's a somewhat private person, but xie lian is a friend, he can tell. the color of his soul is comforting and bright, the sort of color he'd associate with the best of women and men he'd ever known.]
Our star had begun to fray. The laws of existence were quickly unraveling, and we could not find a cause. So rather than fix the problem at a source we could not determine, we turned to creation, as we always have. Zodiark, a power beyond power, was born from the sacrifice of half our number.
[a little smile.] I was part of that half. Full glad was I to do it, to offer such a contribution. Even if I were not to return, it ensured that both Emet-Selch, Azem, and the entirety of our people would be given the chance continue their work.
... I can only guess that our people were incapable of returning from Zodiark's hold. I have no memory past my - ah, death, I suppose.
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I do not mind. [he's a somewhat private person, but xie lian is a friend, he can tell. the color of his soul is comforting and bright, the sort of color he'd associate with the best of women and men he'd ever known.]
Our star had begun to fray. The laws of existence were quickly unraveling, and we could not find a cause. So rather than fix the problem at a source we could not determine, we turned to creation, as we always have. Zodiark, a power beyond power, was born from the sacrifice of half our number.
[a little smile.] I was part of that half. Full glad was I to do it, to offer such a contribution. Even if I were not to return, it ensured that both Emet-Selch, Azem, and the entirety of our people would be given the chance continue their work.
... I can only guess that our people were incapable of returning from Zodiark's hold. I have no memory past my - ah, death, I suppose.