Sah
Sah's lips twitched into a gentle smile. "I know I do. It's just not through the means they were trying to lead me." Seren's question was reasonable and the Abandoned sighed. "The Voice also said that I should speak to her Ascended, and hear about what they have to deal with. The one who went with me offered to take me to the Hollowed Grounds. The meeting ended before I could get a word in."
Sah shook his head slightly. "Although I'm aware of the oppression and mistreatment the Ascended have been subjected to, continue to be subjected to, that doesn't... using that alone to decide would be cutting out the past as you say. And if the Voice and her people refuse to tell me their past? Then I can only assume that it either matches or is worse then what I've already been told. That the Voice has committed heinous crimes, and no matter how innocent some Ascended are, they are incapable of escaping her grip."
The Abandoned's brow furrowed. "She called me 'young light' too. Which felt weird. Almost like she was already seeing me as one of hers, as if she was so sure that I'd come back to her to Ascend." Sah shook his head, the look on his face mildly disgusted. "I hate it. She seemed so convinced that this method would work, that I'd be hers."
Letting out a breath, the small smile returned, a lightness coming to his shoulders. "But I'm glad that I went. I learned some vital things, even if I didn't learn what I set out to." Sah's eyes on the Demi-god were warm. "And I think I've finally figured out where I'll be. I'll admit that I don't like any of Caido's gods, both those I've met and those I haven't. I find them all equally manipulative honestly. But I realized that I've been thinking about this war wrong. I initially thought that choosing a side meant choosing a god. But that's not the case. Or at least, I won't let that define it for me. "
Sah grinned, eyes bright and determined. Fiercely protective and ready for the coming storm. "I chose my people. The ones who I care for. Aino, Deimos, Cordelia, you, all of them. Where you all are, I'll fight for. And given that nearly all of you right now are, and most likely will remain, for the Old Gods? Or at the very least are neutral but leaning towards the Old? I think it's clear where my place is for the foreseeable future."
The grin grew into a playful smirk as Sah winked at Seren. "Well Demi-god? Willing to accept a still kind of feral Abandoned Outlander into your ranks?"
Sah shook his head slightly. "Although I'm aware of the oppression and mistreatment the Ascended have been subjected to, continue to be subjected to, that doesn't... using that alone to decide would be cutting out the past as you say. And if the Voice and her people refuse to tell me their past? Then I can only assume that it either matches or is worse then what I've already been told. That the Voice has committed heinous crimes, and no matter how innocent some Ascended are, they are incapable of escaping her grip."
The Abandoned's brow furrowed. "She called me 'young light' too. Which felt weird. Almost like she was already seeing me as one of hers, as if she was so sure that I'd come back to her to Ascend." Sah shook his head, the look on his face mildly disgusted. "I hate it. She seemed so convinced that this method would work, that I'd be hers."
Letting out a breath, the small smile returned, a lightness coming to his shoulders. "But I'm glad that I went. I learned some vital things, even if I didn't learn what I set out to." Sah's eyes on the Demi-god were warm. "And I think I've finally figured out where I'll be. I'll admit that I don't like any of Caido's gods, both those I've met and those I haven't. I find them all equally manipulative honestly. But I realized that I've been thinking about this war wrong. I initially thought that choosing a side meant choosing a god. But that's not the case. Or at least, I won't let that define it for me. "
Sah grinned, eyes bright and determined. Fiercely protective and ready for the coming storm. "I chose my people. The ones who I care for. Aino, Deimos, Cordelia, you, all of them. Where you all are, I'll fight for. And given that nearly all of you right now are, and most likely will remain, for the Old Gods? Or at the very least are neutral but leaning towards the Old? I think it's clear where my place is for the foreseeable future."
The grin grew into a playful smirk as Sah winked at Seren. "Well Demi-god? Willing to accept a still kind of feral Abandoned Outlander into your ranks?"
My soul is in the sky
-William Shakespeare
-William Shakespeare
