i'll be your hope, i'll be your love, be everything that you need.
"I could kill you all anytime I wanted. Just as the old gods could kill anyone they chose. But have I ever, Sam? Have I ever even suggested I would do such a thing? To my bright ones? Our family?" Sitting straighter, the Voice shook her head sadly. "You have built me up to be a monster in your mind, on evidence that has absolutely no foundation in reality." She added, looking both disappointed and disheartened in him.
"So you would have me control Wessex, then?" She asked. "You both say you don't have enough free will Sam, but seem to also imply I should control the rest of our family to suit you. What Wessex does is her own choice. Just as what you do, is yours."
Turning her head away to regard the cave walls, the Voice merely shook her head. "You have forgone your place in this family, Sam. Since you believe you and the old gods know what is best, perhaps you ought to ask them." The Voice said, gazing passively back at Sam.
"So you would have me control Wessex, then?" She asked. "You both say you don't have enough free will Sam, but seem to also imply I should control the rest of our family to suit you. What Wessex does is her own choice. Just as what you do, is yours."
Turning her head away to regard the cave walls, the Voice merely shook her head. "You have forgone your place in this family, Sam. Since you believe you and the old gods know what is best, perhaps you ought to ask them." The Voice said, gazing passively back at Sam.