[ and here is where john's experience comes into play, because, of course, no such distinction exists for him anymore. ]
Right. So, mortals take "divine" power for themselves via the Oracles, and thenโ... what? If you had to kill this world and every soul in it to bring back yours, are you willing to pay that price?
[ while he was with the Meridian, he had never believed that his world or any other was truly dead and gone, just cut off. framed differently and forced to consider a world that has already perished, things look very different. beliefs john has long held to be true slot neatly into everything that led him to eventually being corrupted to the other side; resurrection is much too costly, and no one should consider it lightly. ]
Would your people be happy to know what you traded for their lives? Or would you never tell them? Because you know you could never tell them, right? They would hate themselves forever. You'd be kinder to let them rest and honour their memory.
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[ and here is where john's experience comes into play, because, of course, no such distinction exists for him anymore. ]
Right. So, mortals take "divine" power for themselves via the Oracles, and thenโ... what? If you had to kill this world and every soul in it to bring back yours, are you willing to pay that price?
[ while he was with the Meridian, he had never believed that his world or any other was truly dead and gone, just cut off. framed differently and forced to consider a world that has already perished, things look very different. beliefs john has long held to be true slot neatly into everything that led him to eventually being corrupted to the other side; resurrection is much too costly, and no one should consider it lightly. ]
Would your people be happy to know what you traded for their lives? Or would you never tell them? Because you know you could never tell them, right? They would hate themselves forever. You'd be kinder to let them rest and honour their memory.