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You say that even though you chose him as your master?

You do know him succeeding will only enable him more?

[ he's quiet for a moment as he looks over Kim Dokja, like he's trying to decide whether he wants to share his actual plan or not. But then— ]

I do not truly need him to become Queen. I wish to observe this place and the powers it offer, and then steal such power for myself. I am wary of gifts from the gods. This place might not be Amphoreus, but gods are always the same. At least when it comes to those who act as if they are above humanity.

But I need him to be what ties us Chrysos Heir together. He has the presence for it, and he is well beloved by each one of us. That is why this plan is mine, but he is our Master.

Ideally, I should be able to grasp the secrets of this place before he's able to do something foolish.

You're wary of gifts from gods, but you're not wary of him trying something?

That's not it. Phainon doing something stupid is an eventuality I can account for. I know him, and I am hoping I will be able to restrain him. But whatever trick the gods have up their sleeve, I still don't know.

If you're operating off of some nebulous "hope" of some vague concept like "restraining him", then you're already going to lose.

Even without whatever "gods" are running the show in this place.

You said it already. He doesn't think of himself as human, necessarily? So you have to think of him more like a god in that sense. Otherwise, you're definitely going to lose to whatever "stupid" idea he has.

... mm.

It isn't as if I don't know that. I simply could not think of any other way to tie him back to his humanity. To myself and the people he loves.

I do not have anything better than "hope" and my own mind, to work with.

... I was able to get through to that regressor I knew.

But also... at the time, he only remembered two other turns. Even though he'd already been through 1,864 turns.

Being the only one to remember doesn't always means they remember exact details to everything. And I imagine after 33 million turns, he's likely forgotten some things over others. Holds tightly to the things he wants to.

Telling someone who only remembers three turns "you have to leave those other times behind and continue to live in just this one, there is no going back" was already difficult. And I'm not even sure what really convinced him in the end.

To tie him back to his humanity at this point would be a bit cruel...

[ he's quiet as he listens to Kim Dokja's explanation, and then he shakes his head ]

This isn't a matter of making him stop "resetting" our world. From my understanding, he's already done that and has merged himself with a being that is meant to bring destruction to the stars beyond Amphoreus - in an attempt to halt it, and buy us additional time. Had Phainon not held on for those 33 million cycles, not just Amphoreus, but all worlds beyond it would have also been destroyed.

If you wish for more details, you will have to ask him. I only remember two different cycles — one of which was after he'd merged himself with the Lord Ravager.

[oh okay. somehow does NOT burst into laughter because, OH. HE SEES...]

I'm surprised you think you can even convince him to do anything other than what he plans on doing, with this in mind, then.

I could say something like "just remove the god-like qualities from him", but you already provided the reason why you wouldn't. If you did such a thing, then all the universes are destroyed.

"Take away his memories of those 33 million cycles so he can relate to humanity more", but you again provided the reason why you wouldn't. Him living through those cycles means that those worlds and universes were saved.

You're tying your own hands. And that's why. It's a rather pointless endeavor.

But that's fine.

I don't plan to give over the Queen's crown to Phainon in the first place. And I'm someone who's destroyed over a thousand universes just for sheer entertainment, so I have no qualm in ruining one that needs to be ruined.

... He is still human. And he is still my student. I will not abandon him.

But you will do what's good for him.

Even if he won't like it, yes.

That is why we're similar.

At least we can agree on this point.

But I think I will talk with him just so I have a better understanding of other masters here. So far, I know there is Dan Feng, Linnea, and Phainon to contend with.

You will find that Phainon does not have that much drive toward the title of Queen. I believe he is simply indulging Mydeimos, Mydei and myself. It took some convincing for him to even contract with me, and then those two.

But perhaps you two fools may point at one another and realize your foolishness.

Unlike Phainon, I have plenty of drive to obtain Queen.

So don't get your hopes up too much.

As I have said, I do not truly need Phainon to become Queen. I only need him to climb up the ranks.

If I can observe you, then you could serve the same purpose.

And what does that entail, exactly?

Would you be surprised if I said I'd need to experiment on you?

No.

Experiment how?

Since I would be shooting in the dark, the first step would be to take samples of your blood - and then of varying tissues. There are different approaches, and most of them will fail. Obviously.

But the real question is whether you would be willing to let me do such a thing. Just because Phainon is not interested does not mean I am not also willing to carry him to victory, no matter how many times I have to destroy my body for it.

... so if you have someone to run those experiments on, you don't have a need to do them to yourself?

Only for the purpose of figuring out this place's power. This is assuming you do reach the position of Queen, and that I am willing to slow down enough to let you.

Any experimentation on myself is still on the table, so do not think you can convince me to stop with that.

[rolls his eyes]

The real problem is that drawing my blood... is drawing from my stories. Stories are a Constellation's life's blood, basically. I may not even be able to recall what fragment of stories you take with that.

[ what the fuck. Now he extra wants to examine his blood but he will cool his jets ]

And what of your skin?

Any part of me.

[when he said he scattered his stories he meant all of himself...]

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