[ It won't take much, in his experience, to lead Quetzalcoatl to the conclusion that the only thing that she can do is force him into compliance. It not woe that has lead him to the conclusion that he is entirely incomprehensible, even to other gods, but experience, fact. Despite being made in the image of an orderly world, he had been given the power of one who would forever defy it; a god designed to carry the thankless burden of providing meaning to everything. Not even Ra herself had such authority. And Set, within Kenos, was kept far from such dominion.
Instead, he coveted war and disorder. The confusion of those with weak hearts and the conviction of those who clung to their desires; had he Anubis's shard ( β had he Horus's ), he would find no further meaning in playing dutiful Shard-bearer. True anarchy would reign from him. True anarchy might yet, if his deep paranoia consumes him... #yikes. ]
β yes, it is like that. Had the unmaking been full and true, I would not be here. I have yet to meet anyone before you, who truly comprehended the meaning of a divine presence. It is uninspiring, to know that only another god knows of it. Some of the other Shard-bearers were so naΓ―ve as to think that my sovereignty was delusion [ what a relief for kenos, that he's got people who acknowledge him, even slightly..... ] and not proof. I am proof that Meridian is correct. Yet, Zenith's conviction that the opposite is true is a matter I must investigate, still.
[ Two things can be true. After all, gods are impossibly contradictory! ]
Ra is the first and chief among us. She gave birth to herself, and in turn beget the lineage of the Ennead and the land of Kemet. I find her difficult to understand, she is the epitome of divinity and the furthest removed from the humans that my siblings and I ruled directly. I find her β funny. Annoyingly so. [ That's because Ra and Set think alike, about the world and their role within it. Even if he covets human-like attachment to family and lineage, in the way she rejects it. ] I can see similarities between the two of you, unfortunately. An inscrutable attitude of delight and joy, and β
[ He leans in, without preamble. Close to the waves of Quetzalcoatl's bright, golden hair in order to sniff her with his ever-sensitive nose; like this, he can smell the unique presence of her divinity, the elements of her like a peerless structure β each one a hint into her nature. ]
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[ It won't take much, in his experience, to lead Quetzalcoatl to the conclusion that the only thing that she can do is force him into compliance. It not woe that has lead him to the conclusion that he is entirely incomprehensible, even to other gods, but experience, fact. Despite being made in the image of an orderly world, he had been given the power of one who would forever defy it; a god designed to carry the thankless burden of providing meaning to everything. Not even Ra herself had such authority. And Set, within Kenos, was kept far from such dominion.
Instead, he coveted war and disorder. The confusion of those with weak hearts and the conviction of those who clung to their desires; had he Anubis's shard ( β had he Horus's ), he would find no further meaning in playing dutiful Shard-bearer. True anarchy would reign from him. True anarchy might yet, if his deep paranoia consumes him... #yikes. ]
β yes, it is like that. Had the unmaking been full and true, I would not be here. I have yet to meet anyone before you, who truly comprehended the meaning of a divine presence. It is uninspiring, to know that only another god knows of it. Some of the other Shard-bearers were so naΓ―ve as to think that my sovereignty was delusion [ what a relief for kenos, that he's got people who acknowledge him, even slightly..... ] and not proof. I am proof that Meridian is correct. Yet, Zenith's conviction that the opposite is true is a matter I must investigate, still.
[ Two things can be true. After all, gods are impossibly contradictory! ]
Ra is the first and chief among us. She gave birth to herself, and in turn beget the lineage of the Ennead and the land of Kemet. I find her difficult to understand, she is the epitome of divinity and the furthest removed from the humans that my siblings and I ruled directly. I find her β funny. Annoyingly so. [ That's because Ra and Set think alike, about the world and their role within it. Even if he covets human-like attachment to family and lineage, in the way she rejects it. ] I can see similarities between the two of you, unfortunately. An inscrutable attitude of delight and joy, and β
[ He leans in, without preamble. Close to the waves of Quetzalcoatl's bright, golden hair in order to sniff her with his ever-sensitive nose; like this, he can smell the unique presence of her divinity, the elements of her like a peerless structure β each one a hint into her nature. ]
You are both very warm.