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[justabard]

[Saturday night, after dealing with Jordan.]

[Dragon Mail: Rhys Elena]

So. Fear of dogs.


[Dragon Mail: Theresa, Player of Ashtaroth]

Sorry for the late reply.

I'm working on it, but [since we're all here] if we can avoid that sort of thing for now...

Sorry if I endangered anything on your end.

Comments

[deselfing]

Yes. Not so much by dragonmail, even that seems lacking...

...though I cannot say I wish to be in Zenderael at all.

[justabard]

[... He did start this hoping to understand, but damn if it isn't frustrating. What can they do to make it easier?]

There may not be a right way to do this.

[deselfing]

... I suppose not.

I simply thought you might know...

[justabard]

Ash is pretty sharp. And her goals revolve around life's biggest mysteries. Things we don't know, can't know, and how to be all right with that.

She may be angry, [ge'd deserve a lot of her anger, too...] but she knows better than to be angry forever.

[deselfing]

I hope you're right.

[justabard]

[He hopes so, too.]

[...]

What is it you're most afraid of?

With her. With this.

[deselfing]

That she'll get tangled up in the same trouble I have.

I have no way of protecting her. I created her for selfish reasons and I don't want to have to face the consequences of what that could do to her.

I don't know what I'll do when she wakes up. I was so lost when Reilanin awoke...

[justabard]

I'm not sure I understand. What trouble? What would it take to protect her?

[And is Theresa in danger...? So much of this he struggles with. But he's trying.]

[deselfing]

Some who are acquainted with Reilanin are displeased with the manner in which I created her, and have threatened my life and the lives of their own players as well.

[justabard]

[oh look there was room for this to get heavier]

[he will never doubt again]

That's going a bit far.

And they'd target Ash?

[deselfing]

Well. They have their own reasons to go against their creators as well, not simply because of what I've done. I apologize. It was misleading of me to say it as though it were otherwise.

It's a possibility I can't rule out. At least two, plus Reilanin herself, know that Ashtaroth is mine.

[justabard]

But it's not like that solves anything.

We don't [...] exist when you're not with us, do we?
So if something happened, you would know?