Nope. Even when it was bleached in the first place and left it what it was, didn’t feel too much. It’s the fifth one I’ve seen destroyed, and the only one I ever mourned was the first.
[ There’s a lull in the conversation, though it’s brief overall. It’s clear that Tezcatlipoca is considering what to say, and he’s mulling over Link’s story too. If it were in his power, he could have been the one to extinguish that world personally, at least if he’d heard this kind of sentiment. It’s not a plea, exactly, since surely Link wouldn’t have wanted it answered. But if it’s hard to let go and move forward, then Tezcatlipoca would be the brutal force that would remove any other option. That is the kind of conflict that he stokes. He is transformative change, and that process is rarely easy.
…And yet. He doesn’t send people to face down conflict without the tools he believes they need. ]
Dunno if you need to hear it from me, but you weren’t wrong for tryin’ to save it and not wantin’ to give up. I wanted to save that first world too. And lettin’ it go meant destroyin’ it with my own hands. But destruction and sacrifice is part of the way of things. Eventually, you gotta let a world go. But that’s what creates the fertile soil for what comes next.
[ There’s a gentility in those words, the kind of softer sentiment that makes Tezcatlipoca a god that’s, well. A bit perplexing. But that softness doesn’t last, since with a laugh, he’s back to flippant. ]
’Course, that’s what’s fucked up about this whole Meridian and Zenith thing. If this was some war that gods were fighting, sure, normal day, normal stakes. [ it isn’t, but, ] But gettin’ mortals like you involved in cosmic stakes? Fucked up! That’s exactly why gods exist! We’re supposed to be doin’ all that kinda bullshit work so that the people can just live their lives, afterlives, whatever the fuck.
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[ There’s a lull in the conversation, though it’s brief overall. It’s clear that Tezcatlipoca is considering what to say, and he’s mulling over Link’s story too. If it were in his power, he could have been the one to extinguish that world personally, at least if he’d heard this kind of sentiment. It’s not a plea, exactly, since surely Link wouldn’t have wanted it answered. But if it’s hard to let go and move forward, then Tezcatlipoca would be the brutal force that would remove any other option. That is the kind of conflict that he stokes. He is transformative change, and that process is rarely easy.
…And yet. He doesn’t send people to face down conflict without the tools he believes they need. ]
Dunno if you need to hear it from me, but you weren’t wrong for tryin’ to save it and not wantin’ to give up. I wanted to save that first world too. And lettin’ it go meant destroyin’ it with my own hands. But destruction and sacrifice is part of the way of things. Eventually, you gotta let a world go. But that’s what creates the fertile soil for what comes next.
[ There’s a gentility in those words, the kind of softer sentiment that makes Tezcatlipoca a god that’s, well. A bit perplexing. But that softness doesn’t last, since with a laugh, he’s back to flippant. ]
’Course, that’s what’s fucked up about this whole Meridian and Zenith thing. If this was some war that gods were fighting, sure, normal day, normal stakes. [ it isn’t, but, ] But gettin’ mortals like you involved in cosmic stakes? Fucked up! That’s exactly why gods exist! We’re supposed to be doin’ all that kinda bullshit work so that the people can just live their lives, afterlives, whatever the fuck.