"Perhaps not... but we won't know unless we ask her. She's lived other lives, from other worlds. She has perspectives and experiences we don't. She might be able to think of something. At the very least, she deserves to know. All of the other Ascended do. What awaits them if they refuse to commit the Voice's crimes for her." He shook his head, frustration, anger, and sadness creating a deep well of shadow in his heart at the position Sam had been forced into.
Jigano tilted his head at Sam's correction, then nodded thoughtfully. "You know her better than I do," he agreed. "If you think that's the case..." He trailed off, swallowing hard. "Then... it may be the rest of the Ascended are in danger now, or soon will be. If Wessex is the 'new model' then yourself and the others... might no longer meet her standard either, once she gains enough power to make more like Wessex." And Osozo, though he didn't know about that development yet.
His friend's surprise was unexpected, but his words soon had Jigano's eyes widening in return. This was new information to him, a misunderstanding he'd operated beneath for seasons. "You mean, your soul isn't with you now?" He tried to confirm. "That it is... separate from your body? But... how can such a thing be?" He'd thought the souls she held were only those of the Ascended who had already died, not of those still living. "How can you live without a soul?"
Jigano tilted his head at Sam's correction, then nodded thoughtfully. "You know her better than I do," he agreed. "If you think that's the case..." He trailed off, swallowing hard. "Then... it may be the rest of the Ascended are in danger now, or soon will be. If Wessex is the 'new model' then yourself and the others... might no longer meet her standard either, once she gains enough power to make more like Wessex." And Osozo, though he didn't know about that development yet.
His friend's surprise was unexpected, but his words soon had Jigano's eyes widening in return. This was new information to him, a misunderstanding he'd operated beneath for seasons. "You mean, your soul isn't with you now?" He tried to confirm. "That it is... separate from your body? But... how can such a thing be?" He'd thought the souls she held were only those of the Ascended who had already died, not of those still living. "How can you live without a soul?"
