Hearing Wessex's words mostly just makes Cam feel sad. Convincing someone we were worth the difficulty ... That was the crux of the matter, wasn't it? Most of the Ascended's enemies didn't actually want them dead; they'd just decided that the Ascended weren't worth standing up for, weren't worth fighting for. It made Cam glad to be on the Ascended side, actually -- they might not be brave, exactly, but at least they weren't that kind of coward.
"It's not fair for you either," Cam pointed out. "And I didn't get dragged into this. I mean, I didn't know everything, but plenty of people warned me that the Ascended weren't well-liked. I made my choice."
It was better to believe that they'd chosen the Ascended side themself than confront the fact that in the end they hadn't had that much choice, what with needing their medication and struggling to eat and sleep. But they could have gone to the Old Gods for help, and they hadn't, and every time they heard more about the Old Gods' genocidal tendencies, they were more glad of that.
"Oh, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in God." Cam realized as they spoke that in Caido's context, that might need a little more explanation. "I mean -- so, back where I'm from, there are a lot of different religions, but none of them are really proven; you can't meet and talk to the gods like you can here. And the main religion where I'm from is Christianity, which has a single, supposedly omnipotent God. But I don't believe in him. I guess in Caido an atheist would just be someone who doesn't follow any god."
"It's not fair for you either," Cam pointed out. "And I didn't get dragged into this. I mean, I didn't know everything, but plenty of people warned me that the Ascended weren't well-liked. I made my choice."
It was better to believe that they'd chosen the Ascended side themself than confront the fact that in the end they hadn't had that much choice, what with needing their medication and struggling to eat and sleep. But they could have gone to the Old Gods for help, and they hadn't, and every time they heard more about the Old Gods' genocidal tendencies, they were more glad of that.
"Oh, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in God." Cam realized as they spoke that in Caido's context, that might need a little more explanation. "I mean -- so, back where I'm from, there are a lot of different religions, but none of them are really proven; you can't meet and talk to the gods like you can here. And the main religion where I'm from is Christianity, which has a single, supposedly omnipotent God. But I don't believe in him. I guess in Caido an atheist would just be someone who doesn't follow any god."
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"Cameras" by Ennev is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
