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Post by Araxis on Aug 15, 2004 1:58:50 GMT -5
"What am I doing here?" Asmodeus repeated, mulling over it thoughtfully. The thought had not occured to it to assign purpose to its existence. Why did existence in a particular place require purpose? Did Asmodeus have a reason to be here, in this place as opposed to other places? "I am here because Longshanks was here." Asmodeus looked at Setthirosa. That one was known to the Orion Longshanks, as an enemy. But by the label Mahandronis, not Setthirosa.
"You are known to me," Asmodeus said to Setthirosa suddenly. "Longshanks has observed you before, has battled you. Is this not so?" It looked at him, obsidian eyes betraying no emotions, even as its curiosity became apparent in the air surrounding it.
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Post by Triunis on Aug 16, 2004 1:47:27 GMT -5
Setthirosa's guise fell for just a moment as he thought of Mahandronis. He didn't . . .
"I don't know if I knew Longshanks. I wouldn't be surprised if Mahandronis had wronged him, but I have no recollection."
He thought on the new information for a moment, then looked around him again.
"You say you are here because Longshanks was here. What impact would that have on your movements?"
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Post by Araxis on Aug 19, 2004 12:27:55 GMT -5
Asmodeus pondered this thought confusedly. Longshanks' being here had no impact on where it was, save this first encounter of coming into existence. The only impact Longshanks had on Asmodeus being here was that it had awakened itself out of Longshanks' dreams and where it had done it happened to be here. Didn't these beings understand that?
Then it continued to ponder deeper, and realized, as it knew it would, that of course they didn't know that, they were not entities of a level with Asmodeus. They knew none of the circumstances of Asmodeus' awakening, and probably knew nothing of what Asmodeus was except what he had told them. Such interesting beings. Asmodeus' bizzare laugh echoed out silently across the fields before it spoke in its multi-toned voice.
"No, Longshanks has no bearing on my movements. I am here because he is here because I recently awakened out of his dreams, nothing more." Thus did Asmodeus explain how it came to be, very briefly in order to accomodate their lower intelligence. They would not understand if it explained to its full ability the circumstances of awakening.
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