[But he couldn't deny the shade of relief he felt, to know for certain. With even Elidibus freed from their endless burden, then- it was finally over. Emet-Selch gazes at the watch for a few minutes without seeing it, thinking of not much of anything. It was... far less bitter of a feeling than he'd expected, being done. For all that it was strange to be alive enough to recognize it.
Eventually he shakes it off, frowning at his own reverie before he continues.]
He was. Though an adult, he was yet easily the youngest among us. But despite his age, he was more than suitable to take on the role of our Emissary... and the perfect candidate to become the heart of our god.
Did you catch a glimpse of who he had once been? I thought you might. [That she would realize why she'd been provided the rest of those constellation stones. Her own, to keep. The others to give to the one who needed the reminder most of all, even if it required death for Elidibus to see it.] Of the three of us who persisted... I would say he was the most changed, though through no fault of his own.
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[But he couldn't deny the shade of relief he felt, to know for certain. With even Elidibus freed from their endless burden, then- it was finally over. Emet-Selch gazes at the watch for a few minutes without seeing it, thinking of not much of anything. It was... far less bitter of a feeling than he'd expected, being done. For all that it was strange to be alive enough to recognize it.
Eventually he shakes it off, frowning at his own reverie before he continues.]
He was. Though an adult, he was yet easily the youngest among us. But despite his age, he was more than suitable to take on the role of our Emissary... and the perfect candidate to become the heart of our god.
Did you catch a glimpse of who he had once been? I thought you might. [That she would realize why she'd been provided the rest of those constellation stones. Her own, to keep. The others to give to the one who needed the reminder most of all, even if it required death for Elidibus to see it.] Of the three of us who persisted... I would say he was the most changed, though through no fault of his own.