[ There's a frown at that, but instead of countering defensively, she looks down. ]
Emet-Selch, I-- I know that. [ And she won't deny that she would fight for her world, and she would give everything for it (she has given it already). Either die by the god's command or die by fighting the god. The world is too precious to not give one's all, and if there is no choice--...
But all of that is beside the point, and she continues. ] But I also understand nuance.
You lost something precious. You wanted it back, and even if you never lost it, you'd want to do all you could to protect it. [ And he and his kin did, up and to the point the created a god. That part, Rem can't quite fathom, but at the foundation of this all is something-- ] ... A feeling like that is universal. It's the love for one's star. And if those with the shattered souls of your universe can feel the same thing, then... that's something they've never lost from when their souls had been whole.
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Emet-Selch, I-- I know that. [ And she won't deny that she would fight for her world, and she would give everything for it (she has given it already). Either die by the god's command or die by fighting the god. The world is too precious to not give one's all, and if there is no choice--...
But all of that is beside the point, and she continues. ] But I also understand nuance.
You lost something precious. You wanted it back, and even if you never lost it, you'd want to do all you could to protect it. [ And he and his kin did, up and to the point the created a god. That part, Rem can't quite fathom, but at the foundation of this all is something-- ] ... A feeling like that is universal. It's the love for one's star. And if those with the shattered souls of your universe can feel the same thing, then... that's something they've never lost from when their souls had been whole.