BASTIEN
Bastien grinned to hear that Azrael had tried to be helpful. "That sounds like them. If you need some Fae cheering up, I am sure you could do much worse than Azrael." Ascended or not, the kid had a sunny personality and a way of making most people smile with their genuine enthusiasm for just about anything they got their hands on.
The circumstances leading up to his Ascension were complicated and would distract from the conversation, so he merely nodded and said: "Yes. I was in a situation where it was of benefit." Bastien shrugged; he did not regret Ascending, but looking back, he would have perhaps done it at a different time, with a more clear mind - but that was the joy of hindsight, wasn't it?
Luckily, Bastien was very used to people's anger when it came to the Voice and was well prepared for the questions, considering them with a point of being calm and quiet, putting a finger to his chin and staring down at the stone slabs of the temple floor for some time. "To an extent, I think she cares about as much as all the other Gods do about mortals, at the end of the day - not very much, except for a few." He shrugged; it had been a hard lesson to learn, but he'd definitely learnt by now. "I believe she sees everything she does as acceptable damage on the way to her goals. No one knows what those goals are, so is it justifiable? Is any of it anyway, even if her goals are utopic?"
This was getting into philosophy now and he tried to reel it back, looking at Juniper with the most honest eyes he could. "I think you'll find most of the Ascended are simply people acting under the wills of Gods far more powerful than we could imagine and with plans we cannot know...like most other people in Caido."
The circumstances leading up to his Ascension were complicated and would distract from the conversation, so he merely nodded and said: "Yes. I was in a situation where it was of benefit." Bastien shrugged; he did not regret Ascending, but looking back, he would have perhaps done it at a different time, with a more clear mind - but that was the joy of hindsight, wasn't it?
Luckily, Bastien was very used to people's anger when it came to the Voice and was well prepared for the questions, considering them with a point of being calm and quiet, putting a finger to his chin and staring down at the stone slabs of the temple floor for some time. "To an extent, I think she cares about as much as all the other Gods do about mortals, at the end of the day - not very much, except for a few." He shrugged; it had been a hard lesson to learn, but he'd definitely learnt by now. "I believe she sees everything she does as acceptable damage on the way to her goals. No one knows what those goals are, so is it justifiable? Is any of it anyway, even if her goals are utopic?"
This was getting into philosophy now and he tried to reel it back, looking at Juniper with the most honest eyes he could. "I think you'll find most of the Ascended are simply people acting under the wills of Gods far more powerful than we could imagine and with plans we cannot know...like most other people in Caido."
Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
A generation lost in space
