[There is nothing for it. Hades breathes, and he closes his eyes. Into the silence, Hythlodaeus receives his answer.]
You don't.
Like so many of our people, you too volunteered yourself as sacrifice to Lord Zodiark for the future of our star.
Your essence, your soul, everything, forever forfeit until such a time as the Great Rejoining comes to pass and our god is made whole once more. Another sacrifice to restore those who gave all of themselves to our cause.
[And because that alone is too much to bear, so devoid of hope at the present moment, he finds himself adding...recalling words the Exarch had once shared, words he can scarcely bring himself to believe:]
...or until He is defeated. In at least one future, that appears to be the case - if our contacts are to be believed. Yet I dread what that will mean for Etheirys.
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You don't.
Like so many of our people, you too volunteered yourself as sacrifice to Lord Zodiark for the future of our star.
Your essence, your soul, everything, forever forfeit until such a time as the Great Rejoining comes to pass and our god is made whole once more. Another sacrifice to restore those who gave all of themselves to our cause.
[And because that alone is too much to bear, so devoid of hope at the present moment, he finds himself adding...recalling words the Exarch had once shared, words he can scarcely bring himself to believe:]
...or until He is defeated. In at least one future, that appears to be the case - if our contacts are to be believed. Yet I dread what that will mean for Etheirys.