He's only the center of his own particular worship - so only those who worship Alll-mer regard him as their epicenter.
[ tapping fingers against the small book in her hands, thinking... ] The God of Fear and Hunger. That book that came with me - it's a bible relaying her story. Same circumstance of a false god and chosen human. They bore forth a powerful soul that resided in a young girl, who would then live in the darkest depths and would never be exposed to hope or light. There, in despair and hunger, she was brought to the heart of darkness and ascended to her godhood.
She's a unique god, sad, though. A protector of the abandoned... a mover of the world, ushering in a whole new era. She's a lesson about how all progress comes at a steep price - hardship. Hunger. Our of our own fear... the courage to persist.
[lavi's eyebrow goes up at the description -- not in doubt or disbelief, he clearly accepts Marina's detailed explanation -- but more in... surprise? a passing flicker of consternation at the mention of a young girl brought low by despair?]
...She sounds like a Catholic saint.
[all that suffering for a higher purpose, and he neatly avoids thinking of the other similarities in his head]
Is that why you're drawn to her? Cause she's a protector? Or a lesson?
Little bit of both. She's a reminder to watch for the little things in the dark - rats, vermin, rot. She shows that even a severed part still has a will to be weilded when you're back into a corner.
[ glancing downwards: ]
Nothing should go to waste, nothing should be discounted on the climb back out from the depths.
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So if he's at the center, then what about the other human-born guy?
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[ tapping fingers against the small book in her hands, thinking... ] The God of Fear and Hunger. That book that came with me - it's a bible relaying her story. Same circumstance of a false god and chosen human. They bore forth a powerful soul that resided in a young girl, who would then live in the darkest depths and would never be exposed to hope or light. There, in despair and hunger, she was brought to the heart of darkness and ascended to her godhood.
She's a unique god, sad, though. A protector of the abandoned... a mover of the world, ushering in a whole new era. She's a lesson about how all progress comes at a steep price - hardship. Hunger. Our of our own fear... the courage to persist.
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...She sounds like a Catholic saint.
[all that suffering for a higher purpose, and he neatly avoids thinking of the other similarities in his head]
Is that why you're drawn to her? Cause she's a protector? Or a lesson?
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[ glancing downwards: ]
Nothing should go to waste, nothing should be discounted on the climb back out from the depths.