my whole life is mine, but whoever says so will deprive me,
for it is infinite.
Well, shit. Amun hadn't met someone with absolutely no knowledge of the Voice before. His hand fell from Maru's shoulder as the potter considered how best to proceed. Finally, he decided honesty was the best policy. "The Voice is a goddess. A new one, though that term is relative. She managed to create the Ascended, among other things, and in the process ascended to godhood herself." He paused to let that sink in. "In time, the old gods and the new went to war with one another, though no one is quite sure who struck the first blow or why."
Strangely enough, his voice held the tones and cadence of a practiced storyteller. In addition, his tone was carefully neutral. "The Voice lost the war. She was imprisoned in a place called the Hollowed Ground, trapped for over three hundred years. Eventually, though, she managed to escape her prison." As he spoke, he watched the other man carefully, wondering how he would take all this.
When Maru asked if this was the Ascended's first time visiting the isles, he shook his head. "No. But I didn't get a chance to explore them last time. I was...distracted." By grief, the same grief that found its way back onto his features now that the surprise of having to tell the story of the Voice was gone.
Strangely enough, his voice held the tones and cadence of a practiced storyteller. In addition, his tone was carefully neutral. "The Voice lost the war. She was imprisoned in a place called the Hollowed Ground, trapped for over three hundred years. Eventually, though, she managed to escape her prison." As he spoke, he watched the other man carefully, wondering how he would take all this.
When Maru asked if this was the Ascended's first time visiting the isles, he shook his head. "No. But I didn't get a chance to explore them last time. I was...distracted." By grief, the same grief that found its way back onto his features now that the surprise of having to tell the story of the Voice was gone.
by being moved I exert my empire,
making the dreams of night real
AMUN
