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He could help bring their hero back.
Uh oh.(old)
Yeah, don't do that, Flen. Also they're raising her killer.(new)
I don’t think you’ll ever wield electricity again.”
But...what about the cover?(old)
Haha yeah that's called Bozani if I remember correctly.(new)
“She’s a damn poet, too.”
This author’s a good comedian, too.(old)
It's just true, no comedy about it.(new)
Paths Cross
Just what I’ve hoped for:
“You’re alive, Rhyparia, and twice as old as you were? Wow.”(old)
"Yeah, I just learned how to turn gravity sideways so we could go through a tunnel made by your kitten hat, who is actually an ancient deity.(new)
Once Benedict retreated, Shelly said, “I don’t desire a discourse.” “And I don’t desire depressed daughters … or alliterations.” Delilah smirked—an odd expression for such a formal woman.
Why wouldn't one want weird word walls?
I follow my queen, and if she has forgiven the Intelians, then I can do the same. I’m here to do right by her, which means doing right by my prince and princess.”
The opposite of what the other Still Diatia said.
Rhyparia’s pointed looks toward Olivia’s hair hadn’t gone unnoticed. She may not have mentioned the absence of Meow Meow, but those looks had been enough to spark Olivia’s insecurities. And for some reason being in this city didn’t help, making her feel more naked than she ever had in her life. And jumping through trees only made it worse, reminding her of being back home in Lallopy Forest with Meow Meow on her head.
There's more to her looks than that. Dimiourgos.
Beren backed away, arms falling limp at his sides. He didn’t frown, but the sadness in his eyes was unmistakable. As he left, she instantly hated herself. He liked her; she knew this. She, however, couldn’t reciprocate those feelings. She had sworn to refuse her heart that pleasure the moment she’d entered Telejunction. She knew she’d have to use someone, and Beren had gained that responsibility. If a bond developed with him, it’d be devastating when the time came to disappear … Just like what had happened with Simon.
I hope she gos back on Toono once she knows. I forget if she does.
He wanted nothing more than to get into the sewers.
This is the weirdest thing ever without context.
She leaned forward, eyes narrowed. “A medallion?” she asked. She had seen most of Neeko’s belongings, but she couldn’t recall anything of that nature. “Did you notice any details? Was anything engraved into it?”
From Toono, correct?
“He claimed all the evil currently plaguing the world was indirectly his fault, as if he was taking the blame for the massive war between True Light and SCAPD. He said he had to make sure nobody ever discovers the tool that started it all.”
It's just as much Kadlest's fault, in a way.
Praetor Poicus and Mynute Senex.
Leader (?) and small old. Right?
Once again, Yama sat against the oak’s trunk that neighbored Ataway’s grave. From the depth of her slouch she could have been mistaken for a corpse. Part of her wished she was one. Her chin sat atop her chest while her violet hair draped her face. She didn’t care that it had been weeks since she had last bathed and wasn’t fazed by the absence of her sword, something that had been at her hip throughout her entire life. Now it lay forgotten in a nearby gnarl of roots. She finally looked up, spotting a bowl of gruel and a jug of water a few paces ahead of her. She had neglected them since
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This is just depressing.(old)
Yup.(new)
Shelly had tried to keep her wording as cryptic as possible, the message was clear. She couldn’t summon Suadade. Now he knew it wasn’t only a problem on his end.
It was a problem of the empires.
She looked toward the sky, where both moons hovered high above. “I’ll pulverize every elitist scumbag in the city.”
THE SACRIFICE: IN WHICH RHYPARIA ACTUALLY SUCCEEDS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD!(old)
I cannot get over what I said here.(new)
Mine resided in Thunder Alley, and Mialo’s—Dev Essence—could be found in the Cosmos Meadows.
Meaning Mendac destroyed the essence.
“Tonitrua, I saw something the last time I harvested. Usually, when an Originator visits their Essence, they simply absorb part of it. Doing so keeps the Essence contained in its geographical location. When we do this, somehow that part of the Essence interacts with the energy in our body, which allows us to use our abilities.” “Yes, I know all of this,” I said. “I tried a different approach,” he said, placing his fork on the table. “A few months ago, when I returned to my Essence after years of neglect, she was not pleased and had already begun the process of dispersing across my kingdom.
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So maybe that's how Bryson gets his powers. I forget.
“Not at all. Remember, it had been years since my last harvest. My store of Essence inside my body had depleted by that time, so all that I had expelled from my body was energy. There were no abilities … or, at least, there shouldn’t have been.” He looked down at the table with narrowed eyes. “I felt the collisions between my energy and Essence, even though it was happening outside of my body. It was as if my sense of touch had expanded to include my now-external energy. The sensation overwhelmed me … until I went numb and had a vision.”
So Rehn is descended from him, or has the same powers.
“Intel, Passion, Spirit, Adren, Archaic, Dev, Still, Cyn, Power, and Prim,” I recited. “You only named ten.” I looked at him, but didn’t respond. Was he implying there were more? “There is an eleventh and twelfth Essence, both of which are considered the sources of the other ten. They are also the fourth and fifth gods.” I finished chewing a delicate cut of fish and washed it down with a swig of white wine. I decided to finish off the glass, searching for a buzz that could help me come to grips with his story. I let out a sigh of satisfaction, placing the glass back on the table. I smacked my
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The ones only some can use. And Mendac did not have a Branian, so...maybe he has the same powers as the of fours. Maybe it's an originator thing.
“Because they’re shrouded in the depths of a structure with no bounds, on an uninhabited island at the center of the Sea of Light.” I knew exactly what he was talking about. Everybody knew of the island, but because of its central location, nobody was allowed to lay claim to its land. Not only that, but it was practically impossible to traverse the tumultuous waters surrounding it. “The Region of Raging Tides,” I said.
Phesaw’s island, the Warpfinate?(old)
That would make sense.(new)
“Because they’re shrouded in the depths of a structure with no bounds, on an uninhabited island at the center of the Sea of Light.” I knew exactly what he was talking about. Everybody knew of the island, but because of its central location, nobody was allowed to lay claim to its land. Not only that, but it was practically impossible to traverse the tumultuous waters surrounding it. “The Region of Raging Tides,” I said.
Or maybe the one Agnos went to.
He thought about Bryson and Shelly, and the Branian they possessed. That was the major hurdle he’d yet to overcome. While he had confidence in himself, trying to defeat Bryson, Shelly, and both of their Branian would have been a suicide mission. Nobody on his side could summon divinity—or nobody willing to leave their home kingdom. The Power Queen had made it clear she wouldn’t send her son into the war.
Their Branian are out of order. Everything that happens soon is hinted at so much.
Lilu frowned. “Suadade was able to break Debo’s.” “Yes, well, Debonicus was only a Pogu. Naipa is much more than that.”
The highest of rank.
Frederick glanced back at his own papers. “Do you think we need to go back and search for the rest of the information? Maybe he recorded his results separate from the essay.” “No need,” she said softly, gaze still locked on Bryson. “The conclusion, the result, the law … he’s sitting in this room right now.”
That’s what I was about to guess.(old)
You have a brain, don’t you, Bryson?” “Obviously.”
This is too good to provide context.
“Then why can’t I weave ice?” “That’s a good question, and one to which I don’t have the answer,” she said. “Alas, I’ve only done a few hours of digging into Mendac’s research, which isn’t proper enough time to gain a real understanding of it all. It hurts that there isn’t any section in his research about specific experiments he performed, even though we can guess at what a few of them were. I’ll try to figure it out, though.”
Just like Bryson having all of this cool stuff, Toono does too.
“Yes, but they’re more than the typical willow found in the rest of the world. Holy trees are unfathomably sturdy. It takes extraordinary force to break them. Because of this, their wood is highly sought after across the world, and the Power Kingdom is the Primmish’s most important trade partner in regards to it. That port is made of holy wood. There could be twenty giants carrying containers across that thing and it still wouldn’t break. That ship is called a leviathan, and it’s constructed of the same thing.”
FORESHADOWING FOR THE SHIPS THAT DWARF THE WHALE LORD
Rhyparia couldn’t be found.
I’d recommend you ask Olivia.(old)
Or look in Ulna Malen.(new)
Toono peeked out from behind the right side of a rock; Horos and Kuiku did the same on the left.
You mean Toshik.
Soon, he’d be ready to go after Yama.
Sorry, you’ll never be.(old)
MIGHT NOT, old Aaron. Though I know what it is.(new)
“I’m not dying before Yama.”
Yeah, you’re not.(old)
Maybe.(new)
“I don’t know why you’ve come to me,” Pluzina muttered, looking away. “I haven’t seen Neeko in eight decades.”
LIAR!!!!
As she ran out of the room, he tried to clamp his teeth together to keep them from chattering. The shivers became convulsions, entire sections of his body shaking violently as he felt the room’s temperature plummet. He’d never experienced this before. Had something gone wrong during surgery?
No, I think you just got both magic things and are trying to deal with it.(old)
A possible claim.(new)
“I AM NOT A GOD!” Thyella screamed, interrupting Stillinia without any regard. “Nor are you! Your mother and father, Tahara and Mulawith, are the forgotten gods! Tide Drifter, Land Molder, and Gale Thrasher are gods! That’s it!”
So they are the parents of the essences.
“Tahara is your mother, Essence of Light,” Thyella said in a steady voice, trying to pull more rage from the twisted being. “And Mulawith is your father, Essence of Darkness. Do you refute this?”
Is Tahara the one on the cover of The Empires? Is she Naipa or is the Thunder Queen? is it someone else?
He beamed from ear to ear and ran for the banister that ran along the forecastle. He caught it with one hand, came to a stop, and then bellowed across the decks: “CHARGE!”
Or maybe not shit!!(old)
I had a note before this that said "shit." Yeah, Agnos is becoming stronger.(new)
This was the end of her journey. She had led her crew to slaughter—a crew she barely even knew.
I take back my taken back statement.(old)
It is sad seeing Gray die. She's been such an integral part of everything, and her ship is being destroyed like a small fly.(new)
“I don’t care. Us three” —she extended a hand toward the two men flanking her— “are all we need. We’re the only three of our kind.” She paused, gazing down at the balding man with amber hair. “I suppose there’s a fourth now, but we’re waiting for their return.” “What is ‘your kind’?” Yama asked. “The world has thought us to be extinct,” Soraku said, “which we were nearly so. All things considered, I suppose I can let you in on our secret. The world will find out anyway.”
Adren assassins?
Soraku, what has come of you now?
Wait- how did I forget that Soraku is Yama's mom? Creep was in Yinyon…
“But the beatings I could endure,” she said, lips beginning to quiver as she gazed emptily at the table. “There was another half to the punishment. They’d torture and kill whichever slave it was who they claimed ‘distracted’ me. They’d make the slave lay on the floor as a giant walked across them. I’d have to watch, my mother’s hands clasped down onto my shoulders.” Creep’s mouth dried, suddenly wanting this city burned to the ground.
No. Wonder.(old)
Literally. NONE AT ALL.(new)
“Remember when she told us about Olivia’s water ability?” he asked. “Yeah.” He shrugged, as if his discovery wasn’t all that impressive. “I figured it out.”
Yay! I think it may be the theory of connectivity round 2, maybe.(old)
Is she T3? Or maybe just another test thing. (new)
stratum’s sewage-strewn streets
Alliteration.
“What do you call it?” “The Warpfinate.”
Hmm. So the name is from ancient devs.
Because inside the Boundless Wonder—or Warpfinate, as Mialo so often demands it be called—there are one of three troublesome outcomes for those who are intelligent enough to gain access to its greatest depths. First, you either die from depravation caused by entrapment. The Warpfinate’s shadowy depths are replaced by menacing black walls that mimic shadows, barring your progression deeper into the structure. This scenario tends to stem from a lack of knowledge on a topic of rational thinking—a question and answer based on facts. It’s a miserable way to die, but there are ways to combat it.
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It seems Agnos is suitable for dicovering its depths.
“One cannot reach the Warpfinate’s end alone.
END?(old)
Yup. I guess.(new)
I stared at him long and hard. With each passing day, his explanation of this massive mission had become exponentially more complex, but infinitely more wondrous. This was no ordinary quest, but an epic. A journey suited for gods.
ROLLLLLLLL CREDITS AT THREE QUARTERS IN FROM A CHRONICLE A MILLENIUM AND A HALF AGO
“You’re not a Gefal, Bozani, royal, general, warden, or director,” he said. “You have no titles and haven’t established any sort of name for yourself in this world. Toono also isn’t any of those things, but he has at least established a reputation. He’s a demon.” He paused. “So I ask again, what gives you authority?” Her smile faded, no longer amused by their ignorance. She regarded his grip of his sword’s hilt.
Kadlest is a royal.
Lana and Ernest, and they’re kindhearted daughter, Yesenia.
THEIR
She stared at the lord, firmness in her set jaw. “If anyone wants to escape alive tomorrow, I’d advise them to flee with the slaves. This city is as vile as the sewage it sits upon.” She turned, the door swinging open on its own. Her single braid trailed behind her, a burgundy bandana tied around its tail end. “For this,” she said, moseying out the door, “clemency will not be tolerated.”
Rhyparia will level a mountain.
“So the Mythmaker won’t make much of a difference,”
Some, due to the ice, fog, lightning, and other stuff.(old)
And Agnos badassery.(new)
