[ She needn't even ask what price. Whereas she would never consider herself a god herself, her brother certainly did. Whereas she is no god, she certainly demanded a heavy price from the unworthy who dared to touch her crystal. And even for the one that did become worthy... the price was far too great in the end. Indeed, she took everything from him.
Internally, she struggles with the answers he gives. Externally at most, her brow knits with complex guilt.
She chances at glance at Somnus. He's an envoy of sorts, he says. And his descendant is blessed by multiple gods in his world. Knowing this and associating what information she's been fed piecemeal to the circumstances of the man who had awakened her... it must have been excruciatingly difficult for Somnus as well. She does not know if he's paid the price in full yet, either. ]
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Internally, she struggles with the answers he gives. Externally at most, her brow knits with complex guilt.
She chances at glance at Somnus. He's an envoy of sorts, he says. And his descendant is blessed by multiple gods in his world. Knowing this and associating what information she's been fed piecemeal to the circumstances of the man who had awakened her... it must have been excruciatingly difficult for Somnus as well. She does not know if he's paid the price in full yet, either. ]