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GIDEON

Be careful my darling
Be careful of what it takes

The most obvious choice, but Gideon supposed that didn't matter - it was still the powers of three Demi Gods in one man, which made Remi more powerful than they'd ever known a mortal to be. He was glad that he was on their side. "We don't have a lot of use for 'nice'. We have our own healers. What we need is the right attacks to get through the Voice's defenses. You have the right priorities." He nodded to himself, tapping away at the base of the crystal and nodding as he thought he saw some rock crumble away in the dark.

He supposed he'd brought on questions about what had happened in the Temple, so he put away the initial defensiveness that tried to rise and answered Remi truthfully. "Well...I have in my time been tasked with dealing with some Ascended. Ludo asked me for a vial of their fluid and I thought that it would be prudent to keep more around - it's often useful for weapons and so on." A little part of the Ascended, something to help them understand what they wanted to kill.

"I kept them in the Temple, under the floor. I should have thought--" Gideon sighed, the sound tense and annoyed, though his anger was directed only at himself. "--Storing something like that in a sacred place...it wasn't long before the spirits made their displeasure known. It was a painful lesson, but one I deserved." Shaking his head, he grabbed the end of the crystal and tried to wiggle it back and forth, seeing if it would come free.

What I've seen so far
The good ones always seems to break