long road out to recovery

"She told me that." He insisted. He thought so, anyway. Recently with everything going on, his memory was struggling to keep up and besides, he would probably lie to defend The Voice as much as he could at the moment. Jigano's words on Bastien were true, from what Sam was aware, and he regretted bringing up the man's name as an example. Though he was rather sure Bastien was very much not following the Voice's orders; he had not come to any of their meetings or to their quests, had not helped in fights. He seemed to want to be Ascended because it looked cool and let him stay with his wife. "Clearly me being Ascended does bother you, because you're telling me to ask the Gods to change that. To be Ascended means following the Voice. Otherwise...I learnt there wasn't really a point." It was odd to consider. He hadn't been not-Ascended since he was16. Going back on his Ascension seemed to mean going back on his development. To go back to the scared child... These thoughts made him a little more unguarded and reminded him of another fear. "..A-also, I'm scared of what The Voice might do to me if I asked another God to change me." Samuel He took a step but then felt tired He said, I'll rest a little while But when he tried to walk again He wasn't a child