[ he's over by the observation deck with a bunch of crystal rats and such, looking out over the empty space where lotophagos was. he offers lucien a smile when he sees him. ]
You finally got your cannons! [ god how long ago had he brought those up. feels like years now. ]
[ sure, he'll come sit and also take a bit of a drink. he's actually not a heavy drinker, but he did the night before. kicking back, putting his feet up on something. the ledge of the observation deck window maybe. ]
... Honestly, sort of liked the traveling around part of this.
[ sidon isn't much for it either, but he's a social creature, and a drink tends to help set the atmosphere. gives people something to do when they're not as eager for conversation as he is. he'll pour him a little glass of something that's probably better than the rat moonshine in the Belly. ]
I did too. I still remember thinking how incredible space was, when I first got here. [ seeing entirely new planets hasn't quite lost its shine, despite everything. ] It wouldn't have been bad work, honestly, if not for all the murder and destruction and whatnot?
[ he'll take it, swirling it around in the glass a little bit and leaning forward to look out the window. he became a monster hunter because it was the only way out of the mud of Shady Creek Run, and he became a Mercenary because it was the only way out of being a monster hunter. He'd become a god-ascendant because it was the only way out of an existence that had become too painful and difficult. it's strange, to have options. ]
I've always thought the Astral Sea would be beautiful. I'd read about it quite a bit, but it's the kind of sight reserved for the studied mages in their towers.
I couldn't even imagine it. The moon and stars play a role in our lives, but I never questioned what laid beyond them—that anything was here at all.
[ he takes a sip of his drink, looking at the stardust left where a planet was once. it's been an eye-opening journey, in many ways. it's also been an insanely long day, so his energy, while still friendly, is more relaxed. ]
It's strange, taking all this perspective back home. I almost feel naive for who I was before.
[ he isn't drinking as much as holding it, but he'll take a sip after a while, tail swaying back and forth. ]
I think I'm lesser than I was. I could have been a god. I could have changed it all.
[ but he's choosing not to. so at least there's that. ]
... When I was a child, I wanted nothing more than to go to the Academy. Learn everything they would teach me. Read anything they would let me have. Magic without the sacrifice of blood.
[ he lets out a soundless little huff, good-natured humor. ]
Ambitious from the start.
[ when you have nothing, maybe it's natural to want everything. a starving child, voracious for the world. he smiles over his glass. ]
But we just killed a god, you know. [ it's clear he thinks is pretty cool, actually. he has a very cute and fun sort of bloodthirst for these things. ] Bit overrated.
...Have you ever spoken to Margaret about her dreams? She seems to think they're small, but there's nothing wrong with changing the world in a less grand way. Changing the places around you, making things a little better for your people.
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You finally got your cannons! [ god how long ago had he brought those up. feels like years now. ]
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The cannons did happen. [ he. seems sort of out of it. like he is not entirely sure this is real? that's fine. ]
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They happened very much. [ so much cannon. ] Come, sit with me! [ he has some booze too since he didn't really drink at the party. ]
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... Honestly, sort of liked the traveling around part of this.
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I did too. I still remember thinking how incredible space was, when I first got here. [ seeing entirely new planets hasn't quite lost its shine, despite everything. ] It wouldn't have been bad work, honestly, if not for all the murder and destruction and whatnot?
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[ he'll take it, swirling it around in the glass a little bit and leaning forward to look out the window. he became a monster hunter because it was the only way out of the mud of Shady Creek Run, and he became a Mercenary because it was the only way out of being a monster hunter. He'd become a god-ascendant because it was the only way out of an existence that had become too painful and difficult. it's strange, to have options. ]
I've always thought the Astral Sea would be beautiful. I'd read about it quite a bit, but it's the kind of sight reserved for the studied mages in their towers.
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[ he takes a sip of his drink, looking at the stardust left where a planet was once. it's been an eye-opening journey, in many ways. it's also been an insanely long day, so his energy, while still friendly, is more relaxed. ]
It's strange, taking all this perspective back home. I almost feel naive for who I was before.
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I think I'm lesser than I was. I could have been a god. I could have changed it all.
[ but he's choosing not to. so at least there's that. ]
... When I was a child, I wanted nothing more than to go to the Academy. Learn everything they would teach me. Read anything they would let me have. Magic without the sacrifice of blood.
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Ambitious from the start.
[ when you have nothing, maybe it's natural to want everything. a starving child, voracious for the world. he smiles over his glass. ]
But we just killed a god, you know. [ it's clear he thinks is pretty cool, actually. he has a very cute and fun sort of bloodthirst for these things. ] Bit overrated.
...Have you ever spoken to Margaret about her dreams? She seems to think they're small, but there's nothing wrong with changing the world in a less grand way. Changing the places around you, making things a little better for your people.