#chesedjudeau

With the fading light did Griffith once more gaze upon the world he had abandoned what felt like a lifetime ago. It looked very much like he had remembered it, but he held no sense of fondness or even contempt for it or the people that happened to be there to bear witness to his rebirth. All he felt was strangely hollow, the same as he had after shedding his original mortal shell and ascending to a higher plane of being. He supposed that it should have come as no surprised, but the question still lingered in his mind if those old emotions, those weaknesses he had fallen victim to before were still there.

As of this moment he did not know, but he knew of a way to test it for himself in due time. For now he satisfied himself with reaching out a hand to place upon the head of the great furred beast before him, his hulking and monstrous form bowed down in attendance. In another life he had once feared Zodd, but now he only saw a worthy servant, one that would help him fulfill his destiny.

It was why with no hesitation did he allow the apostle to lift him and rise into the air, the pair disappearing in the endless expanse of the sky stretched high overhead. Yet, in his departure did he glimpse those that should have long since died, the people that had known him before he freed himself of his mortal coil and he knew that he would see them again.

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Upon a field of swords was the next time he saw those which he had thought long since fallen. It was something beneath his notice, one that he only bothered with now to see for himself whether he was truly free of that which had shackled him in his old life. Only when he was able to look upon them, to speak with them, would he know that they no longer held any power over him and he could pursue his dream once more.

Griffith's sky blue eyes alighted upon one of those who he had thought perished – Judeau. The man certainly looked more haggard, more tired than he remembered him, but it was to be expected after all that he had survived through thus far. It really was a miracle that he was still alive at all, but he voiced none of this as he gazed upon him, Zodd still standing close by his side with watchful eyes.