"No." Juniper shook her head. "I'm a hunter, but I've never killed a person. I have no desire to do so ... But I will be called to, I expect. Indirectly, if not in person." She couldn't hide from that fact forever. There was no such thing as a bloodless war -- or perhaps fluidless was the better term, given the nature of the Ascended. Even if Juniper managed to escape ending lives with her own hands, as the leader of the Grounds, she would almost certainly end up making decisions that led to deaths. The thought already haunted her.
"Thank you." Juniper's mouth twisted in an ironic smile. "In a way, losing myself in hate would make this easier ... but it would indeed mean losing myself. That is not who I am, nor who I wish to be."
Juniper nodded at Mildew's analysis. She hadn't really expected the demigoddess to be able to tell her exactly where Frey and Rae stood -- she would simply have to ask them herself if she truly wanted to know. Part of Juniper doubted there was any point, though. Why waste a god's time by asking them a question she already knew the answer to? The Ascended must die. "I understand. I may yet seek out a shrine myself ... I have no love for the Voice, but it's hard for me to face the idea of totally exterminating her followers."
"Thank you." Juniper's mouth twisted in an ironic smile. "In a way, losing myself in hate would make this easier ... but it would indeed mean losing myself. That is not who I am, nor who I wish to be."
Juniper nodded at Mildew's analysis. She hadn't really expected the demigoddess to be able to tell her exactly where Frey and Rae stood -- she would simply have to ask them herself if she truly wanted to know. Part of Juniper doubted there was any point, though. Why waste a god's time by asking them a question she already knew the answer to? The Ascended must die. "I understand. I may yet seek out a shrine myself ... I have no love for the Voice, but it's hard for me to face the idea of totally exterminating her followers."
Juniper
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