of course she would cling to the hope there's familiarity here - family or friends, someone to help her feel a little less alone and out of sorts in a foreign, dangerous world where she will quite literally make enemies by simply existing. he feels wretched, but he cannot help this.
he will pray there's someone here and waiting for her to come 'home' to. ]
I can't explain how it happened, and I know there is a frustrating lack of answers in all this, but... waking up in this place means you will inevitably have to choose between two 'forces' at work in Horos. And once you choose one, the others will treat you as the 'enemy.'
[ ...this is deplorable. she's but a child; is there really no choice but to involve her in all this...? ]
There is a ruling entity known as the 'Regent' that holds power, and some of us have followed their lead. But the rest of us... my friends and I-- we don't... ah. [ ...how does he even begin to explain? this is such a mess-- ] ...They wish for the end of everything, Miss Gray. And in order to get their loyalty-- something terrible has happened to some of the other who awoke with us. I don't mean to frighten you, I just-- I don't want to see you suffer the same fate.
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of course she would cling to the hope there's familiarity here - family or friends, someone to help her feel a little less alone and out of sorts in a foreign, dangerous world where she will quite literally make enemies by simply existing. he feels wretched, but he cannot help this.
he will pray there's someone here and waiting for her to come 'home' to. ]
I can't explain how it happened, and I know there is a frustrating lack of answers in all this, but... waking up in this place means you will inevitably have to choose between two 'forces' at work in Horos. And once you choose one, the others will treat you as the 'enemy.'
[ ...this is deplorable. she's but a child; is there really no choice but to involve her in all this...? ]
There is a ruling entity known as the 'Regent' that holds power, and some of us have followed their lead. But the rest of us... my friends and I-- we don't... ah. [ ...how does he even begin to explain? this is such a mess-- ] ...They wish for the end of everything, Miss Gray. And in order to get their loyalty-- something terrible has happened to some of the other who awoke with us. I don't mean to frighten you, I just-- I don't want to see you suffer the same fate.