[ He doesn't quite laugh at the tone but there's certainly a twitch of amusement at the corners of his mouth which might betray a little amusement anyway because he understands that as a reaction to what was (sort of) asked. Only of the bleak kind when it comes to any mirth since it's not like there's anything entertaining about what they faced - and certainly not for what it means now when it's a path staying here might bring. One Claude certainly agrees with as Altaïr expands on it. ]
I'd rather not repeat that either, and not just because it'll keep me from what I wanted to achieve at home but because I don't think any of us should have to make those choice. It might've seemed optional in the future we wer shown, but who's to say it really will be?
[ It's difficult to not think of the magic he's only had since coming here now as small signs leading into ascending to be one of the gods - almost like proof of what the cult was trying to do as he's thought about it, and that's another thought he absolutely detests. ]
But... I don't know that there's any way around that if the Singularity has these powers we didn't know about before, or whether at some point the Free Cities will find it worth bringing us there again for entirely different reasons now that they've seen it works to solve other problems.
[Altaïr shakes his head sharply. He understands the pull to equivocate — there is so much they don't know, about the Singularity and their presence and Summoned and, of course, what the future holds. But he knows himself, more than he ever knew that distant what-if version of him.]
If it's destiny that will bring us back to that state of affairs, then free will means nothing. But I have it here and now, and I will use it if I must. I'll end things before I walk that path again.
[He has no intention of easily giving up or laying down his life. But everyone has a line in the sand, and this is his. He will not become a god again.]
[ Those words bring Claude's attention back to Altaïr sharply even as his expression doesn't change since he hears and knows the truth running through them. It isn't much of a choice for them at all, that future, but the paths that lead there certainly are. For all that he's as uncertain about his own it is no surprise to hear that others feel assured in theirs - and least of all for his friend. ]
I sincerely hope that things don't come to that. [ A pause meant for added weight to that frank statement, then he sighs lightly. ] Perhaps we'll get lucky and someone will figure out the summoning ritual and bring a different set of questions with it.
[ Like what it would mean if they do remember being here or could return and come back - or possibly something even worse by opening what'd be a one-sided portal until that moment. ]
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Less so the conundrums stirred up by their experience as gods, especially because he is the only one who can answer his own questions.]
Very observant of you. [But Claude doesn't deserve the faintly sharp tone.] I did not. And I will not allow such a future to come to pass for me.
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I'd rather not repeat that either, and not just because it'll keep me from what I wanted to achieve at home but because I don't think any of us should have to make those choice. It might've seemed optional in the future we wer shown, but who's to say it really will be?
[ It's difficult to not think of the magic he's only had since coming here now as small signs leading into ascending to be one of the gods - almost like proof of what the cult was trying to do as he's thought about it, and that's another thought he absolutely detests. ]
But... I don't know that there's any way around that if the Singularity has these powers we didn't know about before, or whether at some point the Free Cities will find it worth bringing us there again for entirely different reasons now that they've seen it works to solve other problems.
cw suicidal ideation sort of?
If it's destiny that will bring us back to that state of affairs, then free will means nothing. But I have it here and now, and I will use it if I must. I'll end things before I walk that path again.
[He has no intention of easily giving up or laying down his life. But everyone has a line in the sand, and this is his. He will not become a god again.]
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I sincerely hope that things don't come to that. [ A pause meant for added weight to that frank statement, then he sighs lightly. ] Perhaps we'll get lucky and someone will figure out the summoning ritual and bring a different set of questions with it.
[ Like what it would mean if they do remember being here or could return and come back - or possibly something even worse by opening what'd be a one-sided portal until that moment. ]