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I guess the nature of your Choice depends on your Denizen’s specialty. Hephaestus, god of craftsmen, can fix anything, but it’s your responsibility to decide what needs fixing.

DAVESPRITE: so i said ok fix the sword JADESPRITE: as opposed to what?

Oh, Davesprite.

He could have fixed you, couldn't he? You're at death's door, and Hephaestus could have closed it, healing wounds I now fear are mortal. And you said no.

DAVESPRITE: meh DAVESPRITE: doesnt matter really DAVESPRITE: i just thought making the sword felt like the right thing

You said no, for the sake of a sword.

This poor child. He values himself so little, he's willing to choose his counterpart's Quest over his own life - reasoning, I guess, that his Quest is required to win the game, which is the only reason he’s here in the first place.

But... god damn it, Davesprite. You matter too.

DAVESPRITE: he needed lava from the forge to make it DAVESPRITE: which means echidna had to be awake […] DAVESPRITE: so jade must have done something right DAVESPRITE: to wake her up and get the forge going DAVESPRITE: dont know what she did though JADESPRITE: probably something amazing JADESPRITE: she is still working so hard to help everyone JADESPRITE: i guess i used to be that way… JADESPRITE: but ive completely forgotten how DAVESPRITE: are you sure

I don't think you have.

You may have been going through a rough spell since you died, but I, for one, have not forgotten how you died - and it was as a hero.

Deep down, behind the tears, the anxiety, and the hopelessness, you're still the girl who jumped into an exploding planet to save your brother's life.

Tangled — cosmic edition

This dark, tangled web is an object named SNR 0454-67.2. It formed in a very violent fashion — it is a supernova remnant, created after a massive star ended its life in a cataclysmic explosion and threw its constituent material out into surrounding space. This created the messy formation we see in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, with threads of red snaking amidst dark, turbulent clouds.

SNR 0454-67.2 is situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf spiral galaxy that lies close to the Milky Way. The remnant is likely the result of a Type Ia supernova explosion; this category of supernovae is formed from the death of a white dwarf star, which grows and grows by siphoning material from a stellar companion until it reaches a critical mass and then explodes.

As they always form via a specific mechanism — when the white dwarf hits a particular mass — these explosions always have a well-known luminosity, and are thus used as markers (standard candles) for scientists to obtain and measure distances throughout the Universe.