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The Epilogue
The meeting place was deep underground, miles deep, where it would be protected until the planet itself had been engulfed by the sun. Ereshkigal had been the one to excavate it, though engineers took care of the elevators that plunged through miles of dirt, stone, and magma to the crust of the planet. It took several minutes to reach the bottom, more than enough time for Melusine to wonder why they had not upgraded the elevator’s speed in two thousand years. But like always, she would forget about the problem the second the meeting was over and she was released for another year.
The Epilogue
The meeting place was deep underground, miles deep, where it would be protected until the planet itself had been engulfed by the sun. Ereshkigal had been the one to excavate it, though engineers took care of the elevators that plunged through miles of dirt, stone, and magma to the crust of the planet. It took several minutes to reach the bottom, more than enough time for Melusine to wonder why they had not upgraded the elevator’s speed in two thousand years. But like always, she would forget about the problem the second the meeting was over and she was released for another year.
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What do you mean you don't want to try dying?
Melusine felt herself waking up.
Fire burned into her arm, harsher and fiercer than any that grazed her skin before—at least, not since the agony of waking as a Knight. However, it faded much more quickly instead of lingering for days, already dulled to a throb as she pushed herself into a sitting position.
What do you mean you don't want to try dying?
Melusine felt herself waking up.
Fire burned into her arm, harsher and fiercer than any that grazed her skin before—at least, not since the agony of waking as a Knight. However, it faded much more quickly instead of lingering for days, already dulled to a throb as she pushed herself into a sitting position.
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Death: The All-Purpose Solution
Ereshkigal considered Imatar’s point and worked on refuting it, a dying in order to change the terms of the pact did not follow any kind of logic. They had not died to make the deal in the first place, thus it followed they should not need to die to modify it. But there was no precedent for changing a pact, and Agni’s death had brought him, however briefly, to the being they made the bargain with. If they could meet it hovering near the brink of death—with the right magic involved—it could work.
“A bold statement I cannot disagree with,” she finally said. “It is impossible to recreate the conditions of our original meeting, so purposeful death may be all we have left.”
Death: The All-Purpose Solution
Ereshkigal considered Imatar’s point and worked on refuting it, a dying in order to change the terms of the pact did not follow any kind of logic. They had not died to make the deal in the first place, thus it followed they should not need to die to modify it. But there was no precedent for changing a pact, and Agni’s death had brought him, however briefly, to the being they made the bargain with. If they could meet it hovering near the brink of death—with the right magic involved—it could work.
“A bold statement I cannot disagree with,” she finally said. “It is impossible to recreate the conditions of our original meeting, so purposeful death may be all we have left.”
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They All Want Their Stuff Back
When Imatar lifted their head and forced open their eyelids—both weighed down with heavy boulders—they had believed the poison they kept shooting into them was powerful enough to make them hallucinate. It would certainly explain how Agni had an arrow sticking out of his arm and only seemed briefly dizzy. You didn’t fall into a volcano and come back stronger than before.
They All Want Their Stuff Back
When Imatar lifted their head and forced open their eyelids—both weighed down with heavy boulders—they had believed the poison they kept shooting into them was powerful enough to make them hallucinate. It would certainly explain how Agni had an arrow sticking out of his arm and only seemed briefly dizzy. You didn’t fall into a volcano and come back stronger than before.
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