[ The water at his feet begins to churn and froth, as if responding to his anger. ]
Do you think I don't know the lengths you'd go to save your people even then? Do you think I'm that blind?
I told you everything, because I hoped...prayed...that with my warning you and Venat and Hythlodaeus could have prevented the Final Days and the Sundering both. And we came so bloody close.
[ A storm churns in the pool in front of them, and Joph continues, oblivious. ]
Hermes had sent an army of familiars to find the meaning of life on other stars. They found only death, and it drove them mad. They joined together with the despairing souls of hundreds of worlds, and gathered a enough Dynamis to obliterate a star. Our star. They called it a mercy.
[ He closes his eyes. ]
Kairos was no accident. Hermes wiped your memory so Meteon could join her sisters and usher in the Final Days without your interference. Venat and I would have shared the same fate had you and Hythlodaeus not covered our escape.
You bade me not to squander the legacy you gave me, and so I saved all that I could. 'Tis not your world, and...I'm sorry.
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Date: 2021-12-28 10:34 am (UTC)[ The water at his feet begins to churn and froth, as if responding to his anger. ]
Do you think I don't know the lengths you'd go to save your people even then? Do you think I'm that blind?
I told you everything, because I hoped...prayed...that with my warning you and Venat and Hythlodaeus could have prevented the Final Days and the Sundering both. And we came so bloody close.
[ A storm churns in the pool in front of them, and Joph continues, oblivious. ]
Hermes had sent an army of familiars to find the meaning of life on other stars. They found only death, and it drove them mad. They joined together with the despairing souls of hundreds of worlds, and gathered a enough Dynamis to obliterate a star. Our star. They called it a mercy.
[ He closes his eyes. ]
Kairos was no accident. Hermes wiped your memory so Meteon could join her sisters and usher in the Final Days without your interference. Venat and I would have shared the same fate had you and Hythlodaeus not covered our escape.
You bade me not to squander the legacy you gave me, and so I saved all that I could. 'Tis not your world, and...I'm sorry.