"This is... incredible," the bard murmured, giving his head a little shake. So many questions answered... so many more questions arising in the wake of those answers. He had come to study the spire but instead - or perhaps, in addition - he was gaining insight into the history of the world that had been lacking in the Atheneum's books. His fingers itched to write down what he was learning, to take 108's words down verbatim so he didn't miss anything, but he controlled himself with effort, exhaling slowly into the cold night.
108 had been brought up to date by the Voice, it sounded like, but the Voice had been out of circulation for years before that. Decades or more, if the local Ascended were anything to go by. He wasn't sure what to think of her ability to observe and archive all of her creations though. 108 had still seemed confused about how Ascended lived side-by-side with everyone else in the Settlement, so apparently there was something lacking.
Not her place to question? It gave the bard pause in his barrage of boundless curiosity. She had not seemed to question the Old Gods before, when speaking of their limitations and fear of the Ascended. It was hard to attribute emotions to her responses, but she seemed to give an almost automatic respect to the Voice, speaking of her fellow Ascended as a collective and everyone else as... outside of that group. "I would value hearing your suspicions," he said at last, picking his words carefully. "If you are willing to share them."
108 had been brought up to date by the Voice, it sounded like, but the Voice had been out of circulation for years before that. Decades or more, if the local Ascended were anything to go by. He wasn't sure what to think of her ability to observe and archive all of her creations though. 108 had still seemed confused about how Ascended lived side-by-side with everyone else in the Settlement, so apparently there was something lacking.
Not her place to question? It gave the bard pause in his barrage of boundless curiosity. She had not seemed to question the Old Gods before, when speaking of their limitations and fear of the Ascended. It was hard to attribute emotions to her responses, but she seemed to give an almost automatic respect to the Voice, speaking of her fellow Ascended as a collective and everyone else as... outside of that group. "I would value hearing your suspicions," he said at last, picking his words carefully. "If you are willing to share them."
