divus | GODLY AUDIENCES: SIEG

[She appears in the courtyard so he doesn't have to walk too far. Her mask is off and it's easy to see she's very distressed, eyes red and frown on her face.

What if she just says nothing and hugs the baby dragon? That's happening. ]

[Yeah, that's pretty much what he was planning to do.

He isn't crying, but he's trembling with some kind of emotion.]

[That's fair. They could both use this right now, so her grip is tight as she thinks of what to say. ]

...it's the time where everything will be harder now. This was the part I was really dreading.

[He's so worried. Everything is so much and they failed to catch another culprit. They may have gotten one, but the person who killed Ray- whoever they are..

Sieg doesn't pull away.]

I didn't want it to come down to this. You'll be down to two.

[It's fine. Let her hug. She's good at this and it's also nice he isn't moving away. ]

It's alright. It's alright, as long as I have at least one we still have a chance...Yu-senpai will come back when his time away is over, and we still have tomorrow. I hope I can talk to others and ask them to consider defecting. It's so hard though because there are so many of you who want to protect us. You won't leave to make sure we'll stay alive, because there are others among you who only want to hurt people.

We just have to stick together.

[He spent most of his time on the receiving end, but he thinks they both need the comfort right now.

Is it the same person every time that kills in the mirror room? He doesn't know. He doesn't think they've caught them.

"Alright." Even if all of this is reset in the end, is it really alright? When Astolfo died, that wasn't really him. When all of the Heroic Spirits disappeared they were just copies and still Sieg's heart ached for them.]

I heard... from Ambition... that you don't know what happens when a god dies.

It might be easier if we could choose a god that we all believed in, but... the risk is too high.

[YOU'RE NOT WRONG. They could both absolutely use this.]

...she's right. We aren't entirely sure because none of us have ever experienced that as gods or anything. So it's hard to say if the rules apply to us the same way they do to you guys. I think it's important to talk to as many of us as you can and then stick with a god you understand and believe in the most. Even if it's not the same one people you love agree with. Does that make sense?

[Catch him again tomorrow when he realizes what happened.

He nods.]

I can find points where I can agree with most of you.

[A very, very long pause.]

Do you still agree with me the most?

[He's not going to lie to his own god.]

I agree with you and Sincerity equally.

Well...if I have to tie with anyone, may as well be him. I don't mind.

... I'm glad. When we spoke, your two worlds sounded compatible.

That sounds about right. He's known what he's wanted from the world for a while now.

So you guys got along okay?

We did. I've spoken to everybody at this point. I think I can get along with all of the gods on a personal level.

Seriously? That's pretty good. I think the only other person who can really do that is Takaomi-kun...

That's... Senri's friend, isn't it?

Senri said he could get along with most of the other gods besides Cunning. I think Cunning's world and mine are similar enough that I can understand him.

That's him, yeah. You should try to befriend him if you can...he's very nice once you get to know him, but it's difficult to do so.

...kind of like Cunning, actually. That guy has a lot of issues he's working through, I think, so it doesn't surprise me he and Senri clashed.