Evie
normality is a paved road
comfortable to walk, but where no flowers grow
comfortable to walk, but where no flowers grow
It’s a word that makes her skin crawl with revulsion, vague ideas of assimilation and experimentation - not unlike her closest comparison of the Ascended - making her stomach churn. “Maybe they need time to be able to thrive here? Or can only walk around so often, like Mer and the full moons?” She feels hilariously underequipped to even muse over possibilities. And what would it matter? They can’t storm Starfall in an attempted preemptive strike. They’re stuck waiting and experimenting while more of the Family sit and slumber.
But the last idea is something she can grasp far too well. Abandoned had whispered about the Voice for years, debating the truth of her Abandoned origins and the curse she wrought. New gods - self made gods - they are a familiar idea to Evie. “It would explain why Safrin couldn’t beat them. The Family could be like heralds - or she fought that, and it would be the same as her trying to fight Vi or Rae.” But how did it come here? How many other pantheons exist? It’s like trying to understand multiverse theory when literacy was a privilege in the barrier - it’s practically impossible, and makes her head hurt immediately. “There’s nothing widely known that implies that more heralds can’t be created at will. It would explain why the Family are so strong. But then where did they come from?” Evie shakes her head, biting her lip into a pale shade. “It’s just more guesswork. It could be a different transmission even, meant to trick us. Nothing has really changed.” Not unless Safrin can - or will - tell them more, but surely someone has already asked her?
But the last idea is something she can grasp far too well. Abandoned had whispered about the Voice for years, debating the truth of her Abandoned origins and the curse she wrought. New gods - self made gods - they are a familiar idea to Evie. “It would explain why Safrin couldn’t beat them. The Family could be like heralds - or she fought that, and it would be the same as her trying to fight Vi or Rae.” But how did it come here? How many other pantheons exist? It’s like trying to understand multiverse theory when literacy was a privilege in the barrier - it’s practically impossible, and makes her head hurt immediately. “There’s nothing widely known that implies that more heralds can’t be created at will. It would explain why the Family are so strong. But then where did they come from?” Evie shakes her head, biting her lip into a pale shade. “It’s just more guesswork. It could be a different transmission even, meant to trick us. Nothing has really changed.” Not unless Safrin can - or will - tell them more, but surely someone has already asked her?
