THIS COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE. They refused to believe it to be true. Have their powers truly become so inconsistent? So weak and feeble? Arita stood there wide eyed and perplexed. A knot in their stomach began to form, a lump in their throat, and a burning sensation in their eyes that was so horribly familiar. The deity, once again, felt POWERLESS. Standing before someone they would call a FRIEND unable to help them in their plight. Unable to bring forth HAPPINESS- as a divine being between humans and gods, they felt inadequate. Arita’s body began to quiver, hands shakily wanted to grab hold of the other’s but they didn’t want Ignis to know how shaken they were. ❛ No….No I- I refuse to accept this! I am to become a GOD OF THE NEW WORLDS! If I can recreate my homeland from the decay I left it in I must be able to heal you! P-Please- I-I just- ❜
LONGER STILL IT took to contemplate his words, finding struggle in what would ease them both. such a shift in the atmosphere wasn’t intended, for he’d long since forgone the need for sympathy and understanding. ungrateful certainly wasn’t the correct assumption, but he’d adapted as well as he could, and couldn’t ask for anything more than to simply be alive. even from the beginning of his internal darkness, the very last thing he wanted was for anyone to despair for his sake. acceptance had been the first step in moving forward, and there would be no recessions from there. ❛ PERHAPS YOU’RE merely meant to expend such a gift on something more significant. i’ve managed thus far, and i shall continue to do so. you mustn’t dwell on that which can’t be changed. ❜
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