At the topic change to Father, he lowers his cup back to the table, thinking. One of the rings against his fingers, one that does not bear the rose, traces idly against the ceramic.]
The chapel is in a style I recognize. And I think the similarities of this Father's demands are striking. But no, I would not say they're the same.
The Father that I know of is stubborn and vengeful, yes. He can be unforgiving and harsh and judgemental. There are plenty of stories of times of blood sacrifice of animals to forgive for sins.
I do not care for Him. But I've never known records of Him to go to this sort of length. Never has he pit living things against one another just to prove they deserve special attention.
You think maybe this god is just pretending to be him? [She does still think it's a god, if only because being able to so easily whisk them away into all of this must take a lot of power. And humans can't really teleport.
Possibly. It could just as easily be a different reflection of Him as well. Some perversion of another reality that believes in its truth, just slightly to the right of what other realities know.
[If Dehya wants to talk to god she can pencil in, so not that weird. She knows other gods in Tyria are less available though.]
Guess we can't expect much help there. [And she probably can't get in touch with Nahida either.] But as long as we don't give up I believe we'll figure something out.
You mentioned your world being slightly different, right? [Said as he brings his cup of coffee back to his lips.] You don't seem too bothered by the idea of something supernatural.
I couldn't tell you much about it except that it exists. [She shrugs.] But there's nothing weird about magic or gods in Teyvat. What's weird is there being only one god calling himself Father.
I guess? [In a tone that suggests she never had any reason to question it.] I mean, that depends what you call magic doesn't it? My Vision probably counts, even though it doesn't really work right now.
[But after the first night she kept it on hand again, so she holds up the bauble for Solomon to see.]
[Huh! He curiously leans in to take a better look. What a brilliant shade of red...]
Interesting...
Magic comes in all sorts, even where I'm from. But I wouldn't say people are very accommodating to it. More often than not, it's just treated as a parlor trick, or something out of a fairy tale.
Is it a power you're only able to use when this item is on your person?
That's right. Couldn't use it normally, but even if I never got a Vision I wouldn't deny magic exists. [There's just too much tangible evidence. Instead of being a thing scholars disprove it's just a thing they study.] I'm gonna guess whatever you could do isn't working either?
Right. [She always knew relying purely on something like her Vision was bad form, so she's not too worried if she needs to fight. Especially if everyone else is in the same state.
Though--] Thing those of us that can fight despite that should be prepared for things like... what happened yesterday. She stopped herself but if not, someone needs to be ready to step in.
Agreed. [The fact that two dropped as fast as they did.... they're very lucky it wasn't any worse.] I don't want to imagine what the causalities would have been.
I take it you're used to fighting, then. A soldier, maybe, or something more private?
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Speaking of the situation... you think this god is really the same one you know? Is anything about this place familiar?
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At the topic change to Father, he lowers his cup back to the table, thinking. One of the rings against his fingers, one that does not bear the rose, traces idly against the ceramic.]
The chapel is in a style I recognize. And I think the similarities of this Father's demands are striking. But no, I would not say they're the same.
The Father that I know of is stubborn and vengeful, yes. He can be unforgiving and harsh and judgemental. There are plenty of stories of times of blood sacrifice of animals to forgive for sins.
I do not care for Him. But I've never known records of Him to go to this sort of length. Never has he pit living things against one another just to prove they deserve special attention.
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... Well, not on their own merit anyway.]
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But that's not really my realm of expertise.
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[Hard to tell if he's joking, tbh.]
He likes to send his communications indirectly more often than not. Those, I'm familiar with. But not the Father.
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Guess we can't expect much help there. [And she probably can't get in touch with Nahida either.] But as long as we don't give up I believe we'll figure something out.
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[Huh! No wonder she seems so well-rounded.]
Color me surprised. Is it commonly practiced?
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[But after the first night she kept it on hand again, so she holds up the bauble for Solomon to see.]
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Interesting...
Magic comes in all sorts, even where I'm from. But I wouldn't say people are very accommodating to it. More often than not, it's just treated as a parlor trick, or something out of a fairy tale.
Is it a power you're only able to use when this item is on your person?
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That's correct. I practice sorcery, and not a drop of it is answering to me right now. [His shoulders slump a little, completely unserious.]
Inconvenient, but it's not the first time I've been without my magic. We'll just need to adapt as best we can.
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Right. [She always knew relying purely on something like her Vision was bad form, so she's not too worried if she needs to fight. Especially if everyone else is in the same state.
Though--] Thing those of us that can fight despite that should be prepared for things like... what happened yesterday. She stopped herself but if not, someone needs to be ready to step in.
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I take it you're used to fighting, then. A soldier, maybe, or something more private?
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And breaking up fights that don't need to happen. [That's a warning to everyone. This is why toxic yaoi vortex has to get it all out in pcs only.]
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Though I hope that's not a responsibility you have to shoulder on your own. We have enough hanging over our heads as it is.