[To be someone who can choose and think for themselves-]
[Ah, but that was the crux of the issue, wasn't it? The real root of the issue. Somnus and his descendants alike had long ago been placed on a singular path; the one way the world could be saved. The one way it could be sure to survive to the dawn that broke over the darkness.]
[Conviction he had, more than could be measured. Conviction to do all that needed be done, to destroy all deemed an obstacle or unnecessary no matter who or what it was. One singular purpose. No deviations could be afforded, whether through the very human quality of free will or whatever was happening here. The Mystic did not make mistakes. Could not, lest the world risk destruction.]
[At his side, his right hand--bearing a heavy black ring--curled into a fist.]
I was lost long ago, Felix. Longer than you could ever know.
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[Ah, but that was the crux of the issue, wasn't it? The real root of the issue. Somnus and his descendants alike had long ago been placed on a singular path; the one way the world could be saved. The one way it could be sure to survive to the dawn that broke over the darkness.]
[Conviction he had, more than could be measured. Conviction to do all that needed be done, to destroy all deemed an obstacle or unnecessary no matter who or what it was. One singular purpose. No deviations could be afforded, whether through the very human quality of free will or whatever was happening here. The Mystic did not make mistakes. Could not, lest the world risk destruction.]
[At his side, his right hand--bearing a heavy black ring--curled into a fist.]
I was lost long ago, Felix. Longer than you could ever know.