gods request, gods receive

GIDEON

Be careful my darling
Be careful of what it takes

Gideon heard in Remi's response the same hesitation to commit that he'd seen from Amalia, but did not comment on it. They would all learn in time, he hoped. The young Demi Gods did not yet have the courage to severe the ties from their Ascended 'friends', but as they saw further evidence of the Voice's evil and further love and beauty from the Old Gods, they would move towards the right answers with full conviction.

"Good idea. It seems a shame almost to take them from here, but..." He held up a hand to the wall and let his fingertips run down the smooth edges of the crystals, taking in each new angle and plane. "I am sure if the Gods will it, more will grow in their place."

Chipping away at the edges of one crystal in the time it took Remi to dislodge several, Gideon hummed and spoke up once more: "If you had to say - between all of you Demi Gods, would you judge yourself to be the most powerful? And more powerful than the best of the Voice's machines?"

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