Just don't push yourself. Our world is important, but so are you. [And letting Sothis take over completely... What if she locks him out forever, and he really does just become the vessel Rhea wanted all along? It repulses him to think about it, so he discards the thought as quickly as it comes.]
Besides, all our allies in Meridian... They need a way to go home, too. I'm not about to abandon them to all this.
I'm certain I could negotiate something with Sothis to help them too.
[But, as benevolent as Sothis could be, she could be capricious as well. Additionally, he was leery of relinquishing control to her, even if it could lead them back home, because selfishly, it terrified him. To feel something beneath his skin puppeting him from within, blind, deaf and mute to what was happening... even if it was Sothis, there was a visceral wrongness at being so thoroughly locked out of your own body.]
...but, I agree it would be something used more as a last resort. If it's even possible. [He didn't even know where to begin to try and boot Sothis awake.]
Yeah. I personally wouldn't be too happy with myself for putting a crazy idea in your head if we didn't think it all the way through first, so let's put a pin in that for now. This might be something too big for even Sothis, considering there are other gods dragged into this.
[Like Set. Seemingly stripped of any godlike powers, he doesn't seem to have much choice but to depend on the rest of Meridian -- and apparently to some degree, Zenith -- too.]
[Byleth sounded distracted - if only because he was thinking: if he had a shard, then wouldn't Sothis have one too? Or were they sharing? He made a mental note to inspect his shard later, which he... really hadn't done in great detail before. A great oversight on his part, admittedly...
But, as Claude said, it was something to consider much later, after all other avenues had failed. With that whole subject set aside, Byleth refocused on Claude, idly spinning the wheel of "questions I have and want to ask but can't think of an appropriate time to ask them".]
I have a question. I was speaking with Set at the Communion, and something he said brought to light an oddity I had observed...
[He forked up a piece of that decadent chocolate cake.]
Why have so many people bonded so fiercely with Manon when they haven't even exchanged words with the man?
Well... That's a good question. [Claude swirls his tea in its cup as he thinks about how to answer.] I can't answer it for everyone, since people will all have their own reasons. But I think people like Dextera or Vander, who experienced his memories, read his journal, or even saw what he'd turned into firsthand, couldn't help but empathise with him a bit. Or maybe it was just pity that makes them want to protect him... I don't know.
Personally, I think prolonging his life is in all our interests, but I can't say I have any real attachment to him as a person. He was an assassin, after all. While I don't advocate for anything that was done to him, I can't imagine he'd have much pity for them if their roles were reversed.
[As Claude spoke, Byleth shoved his forkful of cake into his mouth. Even when trying to be neat by using a fork for once, he still got chocolate icing, cream, and crumbs around the corners of his mouth... which he was oblivious to or uncaring of.]
Hmmm... [And swallow - Jeralt taught him not to talk with his mouth full, at least.] He's a valuable source of information into the workings of Zenith, as well as this mutual threat we may be facing... but yes, he's not to be trusted, that much is clear.
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Besides, all our allies in Meridian... They need a way to go home, too. I'm not about to abandon them to all this.
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[But, as benevolent as Sothis could be, she could be capricious as well. Additionally, he was leery of relinquishing control to her, even if it could lead them back home, because selfishly, it terrified him. To feel something beneath his skin puppeting him from within, blind, deaf and mute to what was happening... even if it was Sothis, there was a visceral wrongness at being so thoroughly locked out of your own body.]
...but, I agree it would be something used more as a last resort. If it's even possible. [He didn't even know where to begin to try and boot Sothis awake.]
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[Like Set. Seemingly stripped of any godlike powers, he doesn't seem to have much choice but to depend on the rest of Meridian -- and apparently to some degree, Zenith -- too.]
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[Byleth sounded distracted - if only because he was thinking: if he had a shard, then wouldn't Sothis have one too? Or were they sharing? He made a mental note to inspect his shard later, which he... really hadn't done in great detail before. A great oversight on his part, admittedly...
But, as Claude said, it was something to consider much later, after all other avenues had failed. With that whole subject set aside, Byleth refocused on Claude, idly spinning the wheel of "questions I have and want to ask but can't think of an appropriate time to ask them".]
I have a question. I was speaking with Set at the Communion, and something he said brought to light an oddity I had observed...
[He forked up a piece of that decadent chocolate cake.]
Why have so many people bonded so fiercely with Manon when they haven't even exchanged words with the man?
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Personally, I think prolonging his life is in all our interests, but I can't say I have any real attachment to him as a person. He was an assassin, after all. While I don't advocate for anything that was done to him, I can't imagine he'd have much pity for them if their roles were reversed.
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Hmmm... [And swallow - Jeralt taught him not to talk with his mouth full, at least.] He's a valuable source of information into the workings of Zenith, as well as this mutual threat we may be facing... but yes, he's not to be trusted, that much is clear.
[And another forkful of cake...]