vi
"I know that you will." It is less a vow and more a confirmation that they both know Amalia's place, her tasks and her orders, and now all that is left to do is carry them out. As she turns back to gaze at him, though, to ask about the Ascended, the impossible, he merely tilts his head. Mercurial and older than the stones, there is no doubt at all in the God of Life's voice when he speaks."There is no such thing as an Ascended who did not have a choice," he says. "And there has never been an Ascended who has been able to reverse what they have chosen to do. Life begets death. Death begets life. I would see nothing done for them. I would see you do nothing for them. Your orders have been given, and your place is here. Ascended life is a mockery of the real thing."
