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Truly Divine

some stories are not about meeting.

they are about circling. about distance pretending to be safety. about two characters standing on opposite sides of the same room and still somehow becoming the center of each other’s world.

DRAGON & SEEKER: two narrative scents for what is kept, what is found, and everything that refuses to stay apart.

GIVE ME MORE.

AUGH

Oh GOD THIS IS HURTING MEE IN A GOOD WAY.

Now Natan has new powahs to oof the abyss. (But what will Lunox and Belerick think tho— AND YVE)

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Lunox and Belerick are very concerned for him. This is basically the living embodiment of chaos and you, a mere human, are WIELDING it like it's a breakfast fork.

But when they see how powerful it is, they also have a determination to keep it in Natan's hands. They'll find a way to deal with it after they defeat the Abyss. IF they defeat the Abyss.

They're determined NOT to let it fall into the Abyss. It's a horrifying power that needs constant guardianship.

Belerick sort of empathizes with it. It radiates a melancholic energy within all that chaos and he's discovered that wrapping it up in lotus flowers soothes energy fluctuations on it rapidly and effectively.

Lunox is very careful with it as its energy fluctuations are very random. She also takes care of it when Natan needs a break.

NOW YVE

Oh no.

She is not liking this at all.

Zhask is dead by his own will and that frustrates her slightly because it's not her who's killed him off. But also HE'S STILL SORT OF ALIVE?? IN HIS STAFF??

She's burst in to the Eruditio and confronted Natan about it. But when he tells her that it may be one of their only hopes to win against the Abyss, she begrudgingly agrees to let him keep it.

Natan's sitting at his study desk, reading reports and planning their next course of action. The Abyss has been strong but with their recent acquiry of the Domorey-Zhask staff in his hands, they're pushed back quite a bit. Still, this was no time to celebrate.

On his lap is a Little Spawn, but it looks a lot more like Zhask. It's sleeping, maybe snoring a bit.

Natan smiles. He strokes the sensitive horns of Little Spawn. It immediately jumps into a defensive position, but once it notices Natan it relaxes again.

"Come little one. I'll give you a treat."

Its eyes light up, despite how sad they look. Natan rises from his chair and it bounds off, looking at Natan expectantly.

Natan moves over to a jar of treats Lunox and Belerick have prepared for it. He opens the jar and pulls out a star-shaped cookie. He puts it on the floor, much to the excitement of the Little Spawn.

Just then, they notice something... feels off.

The door slams open. And in its place is a very furious Astrowarden.

"YOU."

The Little Spawn panics and shivers, squeaking and hiding behind Natan's legs. Natan turns towards the figure.

"You're Yve, aren't you?"

"Zhask is supposed to be DEAD. Then WHAT IS THIS?"

She points to the Little Spawn, who popped its little head out to pull back the cookie Natan gave it. She makes a move to manipulate reality and grab it but Natan covers it with a defiant stamp of his foot.

"And what do you have against him?"

"I am the protector of the equilibrium. Zhask has been in my way for light years. I don't want YOU to be in my way either."

Natan glares at her. "I assume you claim him to still desecrate your 'perfect' equilibrium, despite his death. If that is the case, then look at him."

The Little Spawn is shivering in fear. It definitely remembers Yve.

"And look at us." Natan points to the map he was working on.

"I do not care for your mere trifles. You are nothing in my view."

"If the Abyss has his hands on him, there may not even BE an equilibrium."

"Then give him to me now. I will make sure that there isn't even a chance for him to fall into the wrong hands."

The Little Spawn nips Natan on the leg. It's afraid. Terrified. Pleading with him to protect it.

Natan covers it. "No."

Yve approaches him, fury in her voice. "Give. It. To. Me."

"He and Domorey are connected together. If one dies, the other will wreak havoc. You couldn't even contain Zhask in life, so what makes you think you could contain a fusion of him AND Domorey in death?"

Before Yve could make a move, Natan continues.

"When and if we win this war, or when and if we lose, either way we'll let you do whatever you want with him. Just not now."

He crouches down to further protect Little Spawn.

"And now, we need him more than ever. If we win the war, you'll be able to deal with him in peace. If we lose, you'll have to deal with the Abyss. And they're not as merciful as us."

Yve stares at the two. She begrudgingly admits defeat after considerable thinking.

But before she flickers out the door, she leaves behind one final message: "Do not regret your words and actions, when they come to bite you in the back."

When she leaves, Natan turns back to Little Spawn. Its cookie is only a third eaten. It's looking up at him with fearful eyes.

Natan holds it in his arms.

"I never promised her anything, but to you I'll promise.. I'll never let her have you."

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