“YEAH, THAT’S FOURTEEN,” he confirms after adding them up.
“WE HAD SOMETHING SORT OF LIKE THAT TOO. THEY WERE CALLED ASPECTS AND THERE WERE TWELVE OF THEM. THEY’RE KINDA LIKE THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP REALITY, AND SPECIFIC PEOPLE GET DRAWN TO THEM AND END UP CARRYING OUT A PURPOSE USING THE ASPECT THAT THEY WERE FATED TO DO. THOUGH I GUESS THE ASPECTS WEREN’T GODS THEMSELVES THE WAY YOUR ENTITIES SOUND LIKE. WE DID HAVE GODS, BUT THEY WERE OVER IN THE FURTHEST RING AND YOU’D SEE THEM IN YOUR DREAMS AND THEY’D WHISPER OMINOUS SHIT IN YOUR EAR. NOT A FUN TIME SLEEPING, LET ME TELL YOU. THERE’S REASONS I HAVE THESE BAGS UNDER MY EYES.” He points to his own face.
“HAVING AN ASPECT DIDN’T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN YOU HAD TO HURT PEOPLE THOUGH, WHICH I’M GUESSING IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET SELECTED BY A FEAR-HUNGRY DEITY, BASED ON WHAT YOU’VE ALREADY TOLD ME AND ALSO IT BEING IMMEDIATELY APPARENT TO ANYONE WITH A BRAIN. THOUGH SOME PEOPLE WERE FATED TO STEAL OR CAUSE DESTRUCTION WITH THEIR ASPECT IN SOME WAY. AND A LOT OF THE FATES WERE THE KIND OF BLUE-AND-ORANGE ‘FATE WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS’ MORALITY WHERE SOMETHING YOU THINK IS BAD TURNS OUT TO BE GOOD LATER AND SOMETHING YOU THINK IS GOOD TURNS OUT TO BE FUCKING TERRIBLE FOR EVERYONE.”
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“WE HAD SOMETHING SORT OF LIKE THAT TOO. THEY WERE CALLED ASPECTS AND THERE WERE TWELVE OF THEM. THEY’RE KINDA LIKE THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP REALITY, AND SPECIFIC PEOPLE GET DRAWN TO THEM AND END UP CARRYING OUT A PURPOSE USING THE ASPECT THAT THEY WERE FATED TO DO. THOUGH I GUESS THE ASPECTS WEREN’T GODS THEMSELVES THE WAY YOUR ENTITIES SOUND LIKE. WE DID HAVE GODS, BUT THEY WERE OVER IN THE FURTHEST RING AND YOU’D SEE THEM IN YOUR DREAMS AND THEY’D WHISPER OMINOUS SHIT IN YOUR EAR. NOT A FUN TIME SLEEPING, LET ME TELL YOU. THERE’S REASONS I HAVE THESE BAGS UNDER MY EYES.” He points to his own face.
“HAVING AN ASPECT DIDN’T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN YOU HAD TO HURT PEOPLE THOUGH, WHICH I’M GUESSING IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET SELECTED BY A FEAR-HUNGRY DEITY, BASED ON WHAT YOU’VE ALREADY TOLD ME AND ALSO IT BEING IMMEDIATELY APPARENT TO ANYONE WITH A BRAIN. THOUGH SOME PEOPLE WERE FATED TO STEAL OR CAUSE DESTRUCTION WITH THEIR ASPECT IN SOME WAY. AND A LOT OF THE FATES WERE THE KIND OF BLUE-AND-ORANGE ‘FATE WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS’ MORALITY WHERE SOMETHING YOU THINK IS BAD TURNS OUT TO BE GOOD LATER AND SOMETHING YOU THINK IS GOOD TURNS OUT TO BE FUCKING TERRIBLE FOR EVERYONE.”