[A demigod... hemitheos. For a moment, Erichthonios goes still, the words of Hesperos, a man succumbed to madness and transformed into mixture of man and creation, echo in his mind.
"For once, be grateful to witness a feat beyond your meager abilities. Beyond your shallow reckoning. I have slipped the surly bonds of mortality! I have become one with our mythic creations, and rid myself of imperfections. I stand upon the threshold of godhood! As a hemitheos shall I serve Master Lahabrea, ever faithful, unto the end of days... And he shall require no other!"
For a moment, Erichthonios can but feel an intense fear -- not of the boy, but for the boy, who he looks over as an adult would to a child that has been through some great danger.
Fortunately, though lagging behind his tumultuous emotions, his rational mind starts to catch up.]
...No... No, the word must mean something different to you...
Sorry for the sudden silence... dealing with loss.
"For once, be grateful to witness a feat beyond your meager abilities. Beyond your shallow reckoning. I have slipped the surly bonds of mortality! I have become one with our mythic creations, and rid myself of imperfections. I stand upon the threshold of godhood! As a hemitheos shall I serve Master Lahabrea, ever faithful, unto the end of days... And he shall require no other!"
For a moment, Erichthonios can but feel an intense fear -- not of the boy, but for the boy, who he looks over as an adult would to a child that has been through some great danger.
Fortunately, though lagging behind his tumultuous emotions, his rational mind starts to catch up.]
...No... No, the word must mean something different to you...