Chapter 9: Worms, Communication, and Deals.(PC version)

"Gor ji gan? Fu duun?".

Yup, the worm monster did talk, but what the hell is it even saying!?

The creature looks at me, waiting for a reply, but I just stand there gawking at it like a damn buffoon. It then moved and opened its mouth, scaring the others behind me, and no, it doesn't look like it's going to eat us. I think. It looks like it realized it committed a grave mistake… I think? How on earth do you read a worm's facial expressions!?

Ｔｈｉｓ ｂｅｔｔｅｒ, ｌｉｔｔｌｅ ｓｐａｗｎｌｉｎｇ? Ｃａｎ ｙｏｕ ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄ ｍｅ ｎｏｗ?

Oh, it can also communicate telepathically, that's normal. 'Yup, I can understand you alright. But can you please tone the telepathic link down? If it doesn't bother you, that is… You're a little too loud.'. A little my ass! It's like hearing a bull horn in my head! Anyways I should try to make sure that I end up on this guy's good side during the conversation and act polite and generally amiable… On second thought, bad idea. Better be myself, since if I tried to fool him and failed, I'm pretty sure that a creature that can bind my soul to a vessel can force on me a fate worse than death. Oh, and if the gruff, deep voice that's poking my brain is right, he's a guy.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘸𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴! 𝘊𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶?

'Well, sorry, but that's my limit at the moment.'.

𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘩. 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩? 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 500,000 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺. 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵'𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶?

'Well, in my previous life, I went a little overboard and now I'm an evolution guide.'

…

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵!?

'Well, in my previous life, I-'.

𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴! 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶?

'What does age have to do-?'.

𝘏𝘰𝘸.𝘖𝘭𝘥.𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦.𝘠𝘰𝘶?

'… in my 60s…', better not anger the big worm monster…

60!? 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘵! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯' 𝘮𝘢𝘥! 𝘔𝘢𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶! 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘕𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴!

'… You do realize that I'm still here, right?'.

𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

And fuck you too.

𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦? 300,000 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴! 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘺𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘺! 𝘞𝘩𝘺? 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵, 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦! 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺!

'Sakitun can become guides? And what's a chaos Sakit?', I know the latter might seem like a stupid question, since Sakitun usually possess certain aspects and powers according to the ideas of their believers, but that's the case for created Sakitun. By chaos Sakit, does he mean that he rules over chaos or is he made from chaos and was summoned to the world?

𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴! 70% 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥! 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? 𝘕𝘰, 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵! 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦? 𝘖𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺.

'Thanks for the info. And why won't they allow chaos aligned Sakit to become guides? I kind of understand that a chaotic alignment Sakit would most likely stagnate the growth of a civilization, but it could also do the opposite by creating a period of rapid growth at the cost of the economy, so it seems kind of unfair to exclude you guys.', I'm not trying to be sympathetic here, since I'm sure that a chaos Sakit would create either a brutal warrior race or a crazy magical one. Either way, the tension that their neighbors would feel would at least force their lazy asses to think of counter-measures in case of attacks and new techniques to preserve their resources.

𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘯! 𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦!

'Why is it harder for you?', other than your charming personality, that is.

𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸! 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯!

'I can relate with you on that, you know what's worse? When you're given a heavy project with a short deadline, and they not only expect you to finish the program early, but also bug free! Have you heard of a program in its first edition without bugs!?'.

𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥...

'I know! That's what- Wait… What? What did you say in the end…?'.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯! 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯-𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 3 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 '𝘰𝘭𝘥' 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦 '𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴' 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯! 𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢, 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩! 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵!

…

𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥… 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴… 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱… 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦? 𝘞𝘩𝘺'𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯?

'… May I ask a question…?'.

𝘖𝘩? 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦.

'What were those western tribes called…?'.

🇴🇭, 🇹🇭🇪🇾 🇭🇦🇩 🇲🇦🇳🇾 🇳🇦🇲🇪🇸. 🇩🇪🇸🇹🇷🇴🇾🇪🇷🇸, 🇻🇮🇴🇱🇦🇹🇴🇷🇸, 🇧🇦🇳🇪 🇴🇫 🇨🇮🇻🇮🇱🇮🇿🇦🇹🇮🇴🇳, 🇪🇹🇨… 🇹🇭🇪🇾'🇷🇪 🇰🇳🇴🇼🇳 🇦🇸 🇸🇪🇦 🇵🇪🇴🇵🇱🇪 🇫🇴🇷 🇲🇴🇸🇹, 🇦🇳🇩 🇮 🇹🇭🇮🇳🇰 🇲🇴🇬 🇬🇦🇬🇴🇴🇬 🇴🇷 🇸🇴🇲🇪🇹🇭🇮🇳🇬 🇫🇴🇷 🇸🇴🇲🇪? 🇮 🇩🇴🇳'🇹 🇬🇪🇹 🇲🇴🇷🇹🇦🇱🇸' 🇳🇦🇲🇮🇳🇬 🇸🇪🇳🇸🇪.

'Mortal names can be pretty weird, can't they?', Keep it cool Leon, you now know that you're talking to one of the last beings you want to offend. A creature whose wrath is so horrid that it had to be recorded in religious texts, so just smile and try to keep him happy.

🇮 🇰🇳🇴🇼. 🇪🇸🇵🇪🇨🇮🇦🇱🇱🇾 🇼🇭🇪🇳 🇹🇭🇪🇾 🇨🇦🇳'🇹 🇩🇪🇨🇮🇩🇪 🇴🇳 🇦 🇳🇦🇲🇪 🇫🇴🇷 🇾🇴🇺. 🇦🇲 🇮 🇹🇭🇪 🇼🇴🇷🇱🇩 🇩🇪🇻🇴🇺🇷🇮🇳🇬 🇼🇴🇷🇲? 🇹🇭🇪 🇧🇷🇮🇳🇬🇪🇷 🇴🇫 🇸🇺🇫🇫🇪🇷🇮🇳🇬? 🇹🇭🇪 🇭🇦🇷🇧🇮🇳🇬🇪🇷? 🇼🇭🇴 🇰🇳🇴🇼🇸…

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'Speaking of names, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Leon Octavian Sirus, and to my people, the Tagan, I'm known as Awa. Can I ask for yours?'.

𝘖𝘩 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴 𝘖𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘒𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴.

'Kagaras, got it.'.

🇬🇴🇴🇩.

'By the way, can I ask a question?'.

𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥.

'Why are you here, and what happened to the previous rafts and their crew?'.

𝘖𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 400 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘬, 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 1,522,097 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴!? 𝘈𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 6,025,425 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬.

… I believe they were better off with the monstrous calamity. They do hold some fault for relying on such a buffoon, I bet the reason that they didn't evacuate early is because they believed they'd be safe, since their guide wouldn't do such a foolish thing as sending a greater calamity to deal with a smaller one, right? Nope, they did, and the city was screwed in the process…

'… And the crew?'.

𝘐 𝘢𝘵𝘦'𝘦𝘮. 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦'𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

…

He ate them…

What did I do to deserve meeting this guy…? Out of every possible place he could possibly be, he not only had to be on the same world as me, he had to be in the same place… Why me?

🇭🇲🇲…? 🇦🇷🇪 🇾🇴🇺 🇵🇦🇾🇮🇳🇬 🇦🇹🇹🇪🇳🇹🇮🇴🇳? 🇮🇹 🇼🇦🇸 🇯🇺🇸🇹 🇦 🇫🇪🇼 🇷🇦🇫🇹🇸. 🇳🇴 🇧🇮🇬 🇩🇪🇦🇱.

No big deal for you! Unlike you, I need every single Tagan I can get on that continent!

Sigh… you know what? Screw this…

'So, what now?'.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯?

'What are you going to do with us? You let most of the rafts go and only kept us', I told him as I looked around. Yep, no one here except us. And the others are confused, still cowering in fear, but now mostly confused, as to why me and Kagaras are just staring at each other.

"Ojoga. (Talk)", I say as I point at my head, and they seem to get the gist of it.

I turn back to Kagaras, waiting for him to reply.

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭.

'A deal huh. What're the terms?'.

🇯🇺🇸🇹 2 🇹🇪🇷🇲🇸. 🇱🇪🇹 🇲🇪 🇯🇴🇮🇳 🇾🇴🇺🇷 🇵🇦🇳🇹🇭🇪🇴🇳 🇦🇳🇩 🇮🇫 🇮 🇩🇴 🇬🇴🇴🇩, 🇷🇪🇨🇴🇲🇲🇪🇳🇩 🇲🇪 🇦🇸 🇦 🇬🇺🇮🇩🇪. 🇸🇮🇲🇵🇱🇪, 🇷🇮🇬🇭🇹?

Ohhhhh no, nope, nein, nada! The last thing I need is a-

𝘖𝘳 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺. 𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 2 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘍𝘦𝘸 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺, 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘢, 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘹𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘮 600 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮…

'What happened…?', I couldn't help, but ask.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 2 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 8𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮. 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘱 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘱 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘭.

'But how could something like that happen? Usually nobles have laws to prevent the death of households, especially royal households, since no one, no matter their origin wants to earn the title of king slayer. As you may know, noble society isn't actually as vile and perverted as depicted in media, it usually has rules that though benefits the nobles, but also restricts them. Even harming commoners without reason has reprimands and punishments. So shouldn't such an act be impossible?'.

𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥, 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴.

'And let me guess, it's the same with the invaders.'.

𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘦. 𝘚𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘭. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴𝘬, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴.

'That still doesn't explain how neighboring countries still allowed this to happen, even in the direst of times they usually unite to prevent a new unknown threat from emerging.'.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 '𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱.'? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯. 𝘏𝘦𝘤𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦! 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨?

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'Well that explains that…', either I agree and get an asshole in my pantheon or everything I've done goes to the rubbish pile. Oh, what great choices do I have…

𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘵? 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺? 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦? 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

'How does threatening me with death and forcing yourself into my pantheon help me?'.

𝘉𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧? 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬? 𝘜𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘏𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘐𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.

That's a lot of would'ves in a single sentence. But I agree on this part. I can't handle everything on my own. Hell, I'm even struggling with Awe's help. And it's not like I have a choice for now…

'Alright… I agree.'.

𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵! 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵.

'I hope not.', I tell him as he uncoils and opens the path for us to continue.

And thus, I have a new Sakit in my pantheon. At least until I find a way to get rid of him in the fastest way possible, because I'm not trusting this guy and I hate it when someone forces themselves on me.