I feel as if we've spoken to each other enough at this point that it would be easier to talk to you directly. I always enjoy our conversations. It doesn't make you uncomfortable, does it?
For an action to be part of the competition, it would have had to be done in the sense that it was, in some way, in benefit of a god. Whether or not that god has cleared it or even knows of it in advance. What I interfered in was only an act of selfish cruelty.
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And he prayed for me, as they hurt him. How could I have turned away?
Unfortunately, Newt never spoke to me during the course of his time here.
[Outside of once at his appearance at trial, but that was hardly a conversation.]
Guy, however, is a good friend of mine from back home. So...I'm afraid I have a bit of a personal bias in his well being. I know him a lot better than anyone else here--aside from Luke, of course.
I know I can seem odd, but...I've always been able to see things in people that nobody else seems to. That ability only heightened when I became Piety, so, even for any of you that have committed acts that I don't approve of...
[He folds his hands together.]
I see beyond that. That's even true for Newt. If we had ever gotten the chance to become acquainted properly, I would have liked to have helped him.
I don't know if it means much, but I think you're an absolutely inspiring person. Bright, inventive, and a loyal friend.
[But, she had questions!]
It's hard to say exactly what it was that happened. All I know is that I died...but then, suddenly, I was whole again, somewhere else. Somewhere, I suppose, that needed me.
It's peculiar, isn't it? All I know is that, as I was dying, I had this intense feeling of belief...for my world, it's future, and the people I love who live on it. It's as if that feeling somehow, transformed me.
[He puts a hand over his heart.]
I could have just been feeling the right thing at just the right moment.
I'm afraid not. At least for me, there was never any feeling of a someone doing this to us. I simply know that...it happened. And that for me, at least, it was a second chance at life.
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[ honestly she still doesn't quite get why piety likes her as much as he does!! ]
You've been surprising me this week.
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[Besides stanning murderers apparently,]
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[ no, definitely that. ]
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[He shakes his head, his eyes saddening.]
For an action to be part of the competition, it would have had to be done in the sense that it was, in some way, in benefit of a god. Whether or not that god has cleared it or even knows of it in advance. What I interfered in was only an act of selfish cruelty.
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And he prayed for me, as they hurt him. How could I have turned away?
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[ honestly, that makes her even more sour about guy. ]
He took advantage of you.
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[Outside of once at his appearance at trial, but that was hardly a conversation.]
Guy, however, is a good friend of mine from back home. So...I'm afraid I have a bit of a personal bias in his well being. I know him a lot better than anyone else here--aside from Luke, of course.
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[ she softens a little bit. ]
.... I see. That is understandable.
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[He folds his hands together.]
I see beyond that. That's even true for Newt. If we had ever gotten the chance to become acquainted properly, I would have liked to have helped him.
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[ she twirls her hair... she was mildly annoyed, but piety is always upfront and legit, so it's gone in a flash. ]
How is it that you became Piety, and how is it that you ended up in a world different from your own? If you were originally with Luke and Guy.
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[But, she had questions!]
It's hard to say exactly what it was that happened. All I know is that I died...but then, suddenly, I was whole again, somewhere else. Somewhere, I suppose, that needed me.
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[ she tilts her head. ]
You died....? And became a god?
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[He puts a hand over his heart.]
I could have just been feeling the right thing at just the right moment.
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[ taking notes. ]
Was it the same experience for the other gods? Do you know?
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Have you all died?
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No, not all of us. Not as far as I'm aware, at least.
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And you don't know how it is you ascended? Who caused you to do that?
[ is this some perona 5 bullshit where the will of the masses made him a cup? ]
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I'm afraid not. At least for me, there was never any feeling of a someone doing this to us. I simply know that...it happened. And that for me, at least, it was a second chance at life.
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And since then... you conferred with the other gods. Are there others who aren't participating in this competition?
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No, not yet. But I wouldn't be surprised if there were more of us, someday, if it's what the world needs.
[He mulls that thought over, himself.]
Which makes it all the more important for us to learn to compromise and work well with one another. We'll need to lead by example.
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I hope you find a good system before others arrive, or things could get chaotic. More chaotic.
[ she's not sassing him, though, she's being sincere. ]