there's light at the edge of the darkness
”I wasn’t aware Rae could remove memories. Can all of the gods do that?” It seemed cold of the god to remove their children’s memories for the sake of an assignment. While avoiding biases was all well and good—though mostly impossible, since simply thinking and observing introduced judgment and bias into any experiment—there were other concerns, ones that the summoner would hope any parent, even a divine one, would have for their children. Then again, the Launceleyns were hardly the poster children for good parenting. Besides, the memory loss was apparently temporary. That still didn’t necessarily make it okay. ”It doesn’t bother you? Not having your memories, I mean?” It would bother Loren, a lot.
Oia’i’o accepted his offer of assistance and he smiled briefly. ”You’re welcome.” Apparently, gratitude was the new way of saying thank you. She certainly was odd, but not in a bothersome way. Obviously she didn’t have the firmest grasp on the nuances of conversation (though neither did he). ”Give a heads up means warn someone. In this case, if you’re going to do something uncomfortable or surprising, it’s polite to let people know in advance.” Hopefully that was enough: it wasn’t all that easy trying to explain simple turns of phrase that he’d never questioned.
Alright, his clunky attempt to understand had been close enough to the reality that he wasn’t going to bother asking further questions, not when she already seemed to think he was an idiot. The revelation about The Voice and the method through which the portals worked was almost as shocking as Oia’i’o’s parentage; the Launceleyn’s eyes widened with surprise as he took in her words. ”How does The Voice reach out to other worlds? And how do you know all this?” Just because it was apparent to the demi-god didn’t mean it made any sense to the summoner. He was quickly becoming used to that fact, though.
The information about items that could identify shifts and magic was useful, and he filed it away for later. At the look of frustration on her face, though Loren’s expression softened. ”It’s alright. I’ll ask around, see if anyone has one. If not, I can see if someone will make one for us.” If Oia’i’o needed one for her assignment, surely either Deimos or Remi would be happy to assist a child of Rae. Granted, Loren was probably assuming a lot with that ‘us’, but she’d already agreed to accept his help in other areas.
Oia’i’o accepted his offer of assistance and he smiled briefly. ”You’re welcome.” Apparently, gratitude was the new way of saying thank you. She certainly was odd, but not in a bothersome way. Obviously she didn’t have the firmest grasp on the nuances of conversation (though neither did he). ”Give a heads up means warn someone. In this case, if you’re going to do something uncomfortable or surprising, it’s polite to let people know in advance.” Hopefully that was enough: it wasn’t all that easy trying to explain simple turns of phrase that he’d never questioned.
Alright, his clunky attempt to understand had been close enough to the reality that he wasn’t going to bother asking further questions, not when she already seemed to think he was an idiot. The revelation about The Voice and the method through which the portals worked was almost as shocking as Oia’i’o’s parentage; the Launceleyn’s eyes widened with surprise as he took in her words. ”How does The Voice reach out to other worlds? And how do you know all this?” Just because it was apparent to the demi-god didn’t mean it made any sense to the summoner. He was quickly becoming used to that fact, though.
The information about items that could identify shifts and magic was useful, and he filed it away for later. At the look of frustration on her face, though Loren’s expression softened. ”It’s alright. I’ll ask around, see if anyone has one. If not, I can see if someone will make one for us.” If Oia’i’o needed one for her assignment, surely either Deimos or Remi would be happy to assist a child of Rae. Granted, Loren was probably assuming a lot with that ‘us’, but she’d already agreed to accept his help in other areas.
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