#miune

An afterlife for immortality.

He still remembers the Initiation, the day on which he last could breathe, the final few moments that would from then on determine the receptivity humans would grant the gods.

"Zosos is out of control," Miune had warned him. Cloaked in the thin glow of his deity, the fair-haired god had spoken with such defeat already that it had unnerved him. It was hard to believe that any god could lose himself in what made himself; but, spoken with such conviction, Miune had unsettled that belief.

"I will see to it," he had wanted to say. Instead, he had ended up saying only, "We will see what happens."

Amerille had depended on him to keep her and Jevuh safe. Where was his pride as a god, as one of the strongest entities in existence, in his role as protector and life-giver? Was he more of a coward than a human? It threw him from his throne of security more than once.

In the end, it had finished him.

Zosos had wielded the elements with such terror and devastation that he was unable to retaliate. He had let the god carry on so long. Zosos had consumed so much power that it had consumed him; and though quite well unreasonable and mentally shaken, he was still stronger than the best of them.

The traitor had defied all laws. Women and children were to be protected; it was sacred rule! But Zosos had neglected morality and sanity in his rage. Nearly all had perished.

Solacity was the first to go. Next was Miune, ever attempting to rationalize for equality and peace. Countless others fell at a rate that should not have been for immortals. Amerille had implored for him to stop the crazed god, and he had gathered what was left of them -- but he forced her to promise to stay behind to protect their son, and Pataku had refused him. With only Tifal, they were able to weaken their betrayer. The cost was their lives.

With tired eyes and pained cries, he had watched Tifal become destroyed. Gazing up at their eternity, he remembered the voice of Zosos, mocking and shrill, renouncing godhood and embracing death.

"I will bestow my gift upon you," were the last words he had heard.

Yet somehow, he found himself thinking not of Zosos' wrongdoings, but that if only Pataku had helped them, they might have had success. Why did she betray their cause?

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