Bahaha! Yes, yes! Of course that is the point! Certainly, we must be allies and companions for now, but we knew nothing of one another before this. In victory, we will become but fleeting memories of a time that was briefly inconvenient for us all.

[ John's response earns an immediate, bold laugh from him. The sudden eruption of sound and delight that has him doubling over, reaching a hand out to steady himself on the other man's shoulder. It's so good! It's too good! He is a relief, a sensible sort of man! ]

You do already seem to know quite a bit about me. Enough to have made up your mind about my affiliation being of benefit to Meridian. Naturally, it is. While I am diminished by Kenos's unique metaphysical properties — Shards, souls, Aspects, power — I will not be forever.

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