yet my blood renders me a King
Sah chuckled, raising a brow at the Sword. "Noted. I'd do my best to pull it and not be pulled down the mountain." The Abandoned hadn't been ignoring his physical training, but he wasn't sure if he'd be able to lug a moose around.
Deimos' words received the Abandoned's full agreement. "They certainly do. She's painting her people as victims of oppression, which they are. But she's trying to disregard the crimes she committed that led to that. Claiming that they're irrelevant ancient history even though many are recent." Sah grimaced. "I hate it, because the actions of a God and of their people are separate. One's choices don't always reflect the others. And that goes both ways."
Sah's eyes snapped to meet Deimos'. "She made you bow? I had my head inclined slightly pretty much the entire time but she never made me bow." He done that much out of respect for her being a Goddess, and because Wessex had made no move whatsoever to do so.
Deimos' question was completely valid and had Sah letting out a frustrated sigh. "I'm not sure. When the Voice asked them, they claimed it was that they couldn't describe some things properly. That some things needed to be felt, not told." Sah's bow furrowed as he continued. "They said they wanted me to have the chance to speak with her, to feel her warmth and know that I was being given a chance that the heralds would never grant me."
And that did sound manipulative but that was Wessex's choice, not the Voice's. The Voice had been just as confused as Sah, which was ironic. "I'm not sure what they were trying to accomplish. If it was manipulative in nature, it failed because their own Goddess wasn't going for it." His eyes narrowed. "Though it.. it does make me worry about how much they were being manipulated by her if they couldn't tell me themselves. But even that fact was surprising to the Voice so I'm not sure what to make of it." It really was just an odd circumstance that no Ascended out of the three he'd met had been willing to give him details. And that two had told him to talk to the Voice.
"Deimos, you've met more than one Ascended, right? I've met three. And when asked, two of them told me to go to the Voice instead of answering my questions. Is that normal for them?"
Deimos' words received the Abandoned's full agreement. "They certainly do. She's painting her people as victims of oppression, which they are. But she's trying to disregard the crimes she committed that led to that. Claiming that they're irrelevant ancient history even though many are recent." Sah grimaced. "I hate it, because the actions of a God and of their people are separate. One's choices don't always reflect the others. And that goes both ways."
Sah's eyes snapped to meet Deimos'. "She made you bow? I had my head inclined slightly pretty much the entire time but she never made me bow." He done that much out of respect for her being a Goddess, and because Wessex had made no move whatsoever to do so.
Deimos' question was completely valid and had Sah letting out a frustrated sigh. "I'm not sure. When the Voice asked them, they claimed it was that they couldn't describe some things properly. That some things needed to be felt, not told." Sah's bow furrowed as he continued. "They said they wanted me to have the chance to speak with her, to feel her warmth and know that I was being given a chance that the heralds would never grant me."
And that did sound manipulative but that was Wessex's choice, not the Voice's. The Voice had been just as confused as Sah, which was ironic. "I'm not sure what they were trying to accomplish. If it was manipulative in nature, it failed because their own Goddess wasn't going for it." His eyes narrowed. "Though it.. it does make me worry about how much they were being manipulated by her if they couldn't tell me themselves. But even that fact was surprising to the Voice so I'm not sure what to make of it." It really was just an odd circumstance that no Ascended out of the three he'd met had been willing to give him details. And that two had told him to talk to the Voice.
"Deimos, you've met more than one Ascended, right? I've met three. And when asked, two of them told me to go to the Voice instead of answering my questions. Is that normal for them?"
Sah
