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I only meant it as a possibility. We might have been brought here to learn something about ourselves.

If gods really did pick us, usually they do so for a purpose. A message of some kind.

You believe in the gods of this world, then?

Well... I believe that there is someone strong enough to bring us here. As for their intentions, those haven't been clear enough yet. But I think for now I'm undecided?

Yes. Those are my thoughts as well.

That there is a power here, I have no doubt. That there are divine entities that respond to prayer? Hm! Well...

I suppose after a certain point, does it matter if they are or aren't a god? They are if they say they are. If people believe it.

Ah, I don't know. Terms are too complicated. This one's a god or that one's a demon... they do seem to react in some way to offerings, if that helps. I don't mind being here, but I'd like to go home eventually as well. I have to work.

Really? ...And what work is that?

[Normally Sephiroth doesn't care. Humans do human things. However, he's starting to learn that the sorts of people that are drawn to Expiation are not so ordinary. Or human.]

Ah. I guess it would be fixing things? Maintenance here and there whenever it's needed. And some mediating, of course.

[He says "of course" even though it's not a great explanation or things that typically belong under the same job umbrella. If it sounds like he's just making things up, well.]

Of course. Are these not things you can do in Aldrip?

Hm... I don't think it would be the same. I don't believe this world has the same need for my skills as my own?

Don't you think things here move in different ways? Everything is quieter.

Edited 2023-04-12 19:06 (UTC)

I do.

Yet there is something about this place I cannot trust. A calm before a storm, perhaps... Or at the center of one.

[But Sephiroth has never been very good at self-deception. If he's honest with himself he'll acknowledge that what he feels is a wariness about any world strong enough to extract him from his own.]

Perhaps, or maybe it's just moving at its own pace?

[Seimei is used to improvising in places he doesn't quite belong. Whether that is in court, in the modern life of Japan, or a spiritual realm not meant for humans, he has learned how hard it is to change anything, so he goes with the flow.]

Even if time passes, there are ways to return home. For now, maybe we should see how things play out?

I do not think that would suit me.

I would rather try to find my way home. You may sit and do nothing, if you wish.

How harsh. I didn't say 'nothing'. I just think there are ways to find what you want without being too reckless.

Edited 2023-05-01 19:28 (UTC)