"Then the odds are simply even," said mother. "Tell me, Thorian, say that Kinthas is captured and restrained. Say that Krala and I do come under the Common Authority.
What happens then? My people have already been excised from the Common Body. We may as well be monsters. We will be slowly exterminated.
They may treat me with dignity, but in the end, I will become nothing more than breeding stock popping out more origin bearers capable of taking Kinthas's place as Gatekeeper.
And you know Aetheria will make sure that any new Gatekeeper of Chaos will now be groomed and controlled such that they will never rebel again. Or ever think for themselves.
And who do you think would be the most suitable Gatekeeper? The most innocent mind to mold?"
Mother looked down to Krala and shook her head. "Krala will have any choice in her life completely stripped from her as the gods force her to be nothing more than a battery for their games.