Equius ==> Inquire. Part 2.
[10:14] TT: I suppose I have become so interested in Alternian history because I have encountered those who played many of its hidden parts.
[10:15] CT: D --> You speak of our ancestors
[10:15] TT: Indeed.
[10:15] CT: D --> The Signless in partic001ar
[10:15] CT: D --> Though who else have you conversed with
[10:15] TT: The Summoner, The Signless, The Dolorosa, The Disciple, The Psiioniic.
[10:15] CT: D --> The rebels, then
[10:15] TT: Your ancestor I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting, no- ah. The Condesce.
[10:16] CT: D --> Oh
[10:16] TT: Oh. I've briefly spoken with iterations of Dualscar.
[10:16] TT: And I have seen Mindfang, but have not yet spoken with her personally.
[10:17] CT: D --> I as well
[10:17] TT: Oh and of course the Grand Highblood.
[10:17] CT: D --> Him
[10:17] CT: D --> I
[10:17] TT: I have come into contact with several of his alternates.
[10:17] CT: D --> Know him well
[10:17] CT: D --> What are your thoughts
[10:17] TT: Which, if you do not mind my asking?
[10:18] CT: D --> I know not his true name
[10:18] CT: D --> I have seen him use the epithet of indigobutcher
[10:18] TT: He is not one I am familiar with.
[10:18] CT: D --> Good
[10:18] CT: D --> I
[10:18] CT: D --> Forgive me
[10:19] TT: Speak freely Equius, I should like to hear your thoughts.
[10:19] CT: D --> He
[10:19] CT: D --> Is a brute
[10:19] CT: D --> A monster
[10:19] TT: Many of them are. I mislike them.
[10:19] CT: D --> This one in partic001ar
[10:19] TT: Save one.
[10:20] CT: D --> Which
[10:20] TT: He goes by voodooLeviathan. I quite like him.
[10:20] CT: D --> Ah
[10:20] CT: D --> Him
[10:20] TT: He is well spoken, clever, and on the whole enjoyable.
[10:20] CT: D --> He
[10:21] CT: D --> I am less inclined to dislike him than the other
[10:21] CT: D --> He has shown me no ill will
[10:21] TT: I have spoken with him more than most.
[10:21] TT: I do not think him tame, by any stretch.
[10:21] TT: But I do not mislike him either.
[10:21] CT: D --> Never underestimate him
[10:22] CT: D --> Never underestimate any of them
[10:22] TT: I never shall.
[10:22] CT: D --> Good
[10:22] TT: There is one I am especially wary of.
[10:22] CT: D --> Which
[10:23] TT: mercurialSubjugglator.
[10:23] TT: That one I trust least of all of them.
[10:24] CT: D --> I saw some of him when we watched the film about the iron human
[10:24] CT: D --> I
[10:24] CT: D --> Was unnerved
[10:24] TT: I dislike him.
[10:25] CT: D --> As w001d I, I am sure
[10:25] TT: There is. A look to him.
[10:25] TT: Something in his eyes that is exceptionally- I will not say unnerving.
[10:25] TT: Frankly I wanted to slit open his throat.
[10:26] CT: D --> Um
[10:26] CT: D --> Okay
[10:26] TT: Oh.
[10:26] TT: My apologies.
[10:26] CT: D --> It is
[10:26] CT: D --> Quite fine
[10:26] CT: D --> E%press yourself however you wish
[10:27] TT: I seem to have been a bit more inclined to words of a more impassioned nature, of late.
[10:27] CT: D --> Have you been under duress
[10:28] TT: Not exceptionally. I have begun to wonder if it is turly something inherent in the blood.
[10:28] TT: truly*
[10:28] CT: D --> Oh, yes
[10:28] CT: D --> You've become a troll
[10:28] CT: D --> Forgive me
[10:28] CT: D --> The concept is
[10:28] TT: A sea dweller at that.
[10:28] CT: D --> Odd
[10:29] TT: It has been interesting. I did not notice anything amiss in the first day.
[10:30] TT: But as the hours pass, I do not find myself disposed to aggression so much as- I have ever been of a more domineering temperament, but I see challenges in words and stances now that may be my imagination.
[10:31] TT: In the presence of the Highblood the urge to crush him underheel was near palpable. It was unsettling.
[10:32] CT: D --> For one normally as collected as yourself, I can imagine
[10:34] CT: D --> Have you e%perienced the nightmares
[10:35] TT: The first night. I decided I would see what all the fuss was about.
[10:35] TT: Unpleasant does not begin to describe it.
[10:36] CT: D --> You have sopor, yes
[10:43] TT: I do. I have been using it, since.
[10:43] CT: D --> E%cellent
[10:45] CT: D --> In truth I had little sympathy for seadwellers for a very long time
[10:45] CT: D --> When Aradia and Eridan had their b100dswap mishap, however
[10:45] CT: D --> I learned of some of the thoughts that Eridan has to struggle with
[10:45] TT: I have found some respect for Ampora.
[10:46] TT: He has been quite good to me, of late. He was never really crass to me before either.
[10:49] CT: D --> In life he made me uncomfortable
[10:49] CT: D --> Now
[10:49] CT: D --> I suppose he is tolerable
[10:49] TT: I respect him for doing as he did with Feferi's lusus.
[10:50] CT: D --> Helping to feed it, you mean
[10:52] TT: Yes.
[10:52] CT: D --> Well
[10:52] CT: D --> That is certainly a task worthy of respect
[10:53] TT: I would have done the same, had I been in his place.
[10:53] TT: I respect that he accepted the burden, whatever his reasons.
[10:54] CT: D --> Did he have any choice
[10:54] CT: D --> No one was closer to Feferi than he
[10:54] TT: Yes. He could have shunned her at any time. Shirked his duty.
[10:55] CT: D --> Yet he continued
[10:55] CT: D --> Tell me
[10:55] CT: D --> As you consider yourself an e%pert on the mind
[10:56] CT: D --> Do you think he did it for the greater benefit of Alternia
[10:56] CT: D --> Or for Feferi
[10:56] TT: Feferi.
[10:56] CT: D --> I agree
[10:56] TT: I think one cause is no less noble than the other.
[10:58] CT: D --> What do you mean
[11:02] TT: Having loyalties to one near you over the masses is equally noble, in my view.
[11:03] CT: D --> Ah
[11:03] CT: D --> I have never found myself in a position comparable to theirs
[11:03] CT: D --> Well
[11:03] CT: D --> Not on the same scale
[11:04] TT: My alternates have.
[11:04] TT: I was spared most of the events, myself.
[11:04] CT: D --> I do not know if I agree with the position
[11:04] TT: Oh?
[11:05] CT: D --> To defend those closest, this is the essence of loyalty
[11:05] CT: D --> To honor them to the end, the foundation of friendship
[11:06] CT: D --> Yet
[11:06] CT: D --> Some things must be done
[11:06] CT: D --> To protect others
[11:06] CT: D --> What is best for one can hurt the many, I suppose
[11:07] CT: D --> Or
[11:07] CT: D --> Forgive me
[11:07] CT: D --> I feel conflicted in this matter
[11:07] TT: It is a difficult matter.
[11:07] TT: I am lucky in that the friends I hold dearest would put the world above themselves.
[11:07] TT: So I only ever need to choose to protect them.
[11:08] CT: D --> A good position to be in
[11:08] TT: Sometimes I am so blessed by fortune.
[11:10] CT: D --> I sh001d hope so
[11:11] TT: I've found those born to play the game are not often so lucky.
[11:11] CT: D --> This is true
[11:11] TT: Except, perhaps, Vriska, as she swept in and stole all of the luck before the rest of us had a chance.
[11:12] CT: D --> All of it
[11:12] TT: Yes, all of the luck.
[11:12] CT: D --> I am surprised she c001d find the time to gather it
[11:13] CT: D --> Her irons so often required tending, being in the fire
[11:14] TT: None but Vriska Serket could have managed such a feat. She is simply the best there is.
[11:14] CT: D --> That is debatable
