[He sits up finally, rolling his shoulders to stretch. When he speaks, there's a slight shift in his mannerisms, a little more blase than before.] You're here to ask more questions, right? What else do you have for me?
[He kind of wants to just blow over it because the method was, maybe, stupid.] It just means that you need to take all the time you can to prepare yourself. You guys keep messing up in trials and getting lost on stuff. You're doing better, but you're still all over the place.
It's about learning to apply the critical thinking you take from training to not only defend yourself from a physical attack but during trials, too.
[...with that said.] My dad's a god. Left me and my mom by ourselves when I was growing up, and eventually I couldn't stay with my mom either so I left. I was nine. Figured out most things on my own, eventually made my way here when I was fourteen. And that's why I want to make sure you guys are as prepared as possible.
You're not wrong. He ignored me for years even when I prayed and asked him to answer, and the one time I did meet the guy he wouldn't tell me what he knew about my destiny and refused to help me.
So...I'm going to be a better god. A more upfront god.
You have my word. [Which doesn't mean much, but whatever.] ...if I'm going to be a respectable god, I'll earn it by actually making a difference instead of clinging to traditions and "just because"s.
It just means also being honest about the good and the bad in life.
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[He sits up finally, rolling his shoulders to stretch. When he speaks, there's a slight shift in his mannerisms, a little more blase than before.] You're here to ask more questions, right? What else do you have for me?
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Okay, sorry, I'll stop being a jerk. What does it mean?
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It's about learning to apply the critical thinking you take from training to not only defend yourself from a physical attack but during trials, too.
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That's... really good advice, actually. I mean, I don't really have the whole training expertise thing nailed down, but - you know.
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[...but he continues.] For what it's worth, most of us started really young and still had a lot to learn. It's why Camp existed.
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It sounds like it was hard.
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Doesn't matter anymore, I ascended and I'm going to be better than they ever were.
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You know a lot about my life, don't you? You should be able to answer that yourself.
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Your dad sounds like a dick, god or not.
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So...I'm going to be a better god. A more upfront god.
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[But, hm.]
And you'll still do that if you don't win?
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It just means also being honest about the good and the bad in life.
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The good and the bad in life?
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