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[iravehementi]

Do you think time still moves in our worlds?

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[iravehementi]

Yes.

There is boundless knowledge that exists beyond the limits of human reason.

[heavensdragon]

Indeed. Gods who live for millennia upon millennia are still able to learn.

[iravehementi]

One only stops learning when dead.

Hm! Well... Most of the time.

[heavensdragon]

You know an exception?

[iravehementi]

It is possible to learn more after death as well.

[heavensdragon]

Do you mean spiritually?

[iravehementi]

Yes. Spiritually

[heavensdragon]

Can that knowledge be retained in life? Strong souls are often reborn.

[iravehementi]

The strongest souls can retain a sense of self without being reborn.

And if they are reborn, well... Memories never fully disappear. They can be found again.

[heavensdragon]

Even the strongest of spells can't hide memories forever. Then again, a god could suppress or even change a mortal's perception.

[iravehementi]

Gods could do many things. That is what makes them gods.

But are you suggesting that found memories might be divine trickery?

[heavensdragon]

It is possible. There would need to be a deeper, broader reason. Most gods are not petty.

[iravehementi]

A clever soul can find its memories.

It just needs to know where to look.

[heavensdragon]

There are clues that can be followed. My memories were erased once, but I regained them.

[iravehementi]

Then you know.

How did you do it?

[heavensdragon]

I journeyed to the place I once lived. I encountered my mother and the memories followed.

[iravehementi]

I see. An ordinary method, but effective.

How were they erased?

[heavensdragon]

The goddess who claimed to be my stepmother tricked me into eating a pill that erased my childhood memories. I thought it best at the time since said goddess claimed I was making my mother miserable.

[iravehementi]

Then she was the rare "petty god" you mentioned.

[heavensdragon]

A crime she paid for dearly. {She earned every second of it.}

[iravehementi]

Is that so?

[heavensdragon]

A life for a life is fair.

Though she took far more than one.