[ Tinder's hand stays outstretched even after Yuber's letting go and putting his glove back on. Tinder stares, his brown eyes just empty and watching all that... Whatever it was. He looks around and he can still see it, like an echo in a cavern that gets further away but never really ends, just keeps going... It takes him a minute to actually see Yuber again. The red and the black. ( Yuber was red, wasn't he? Before the rune, before the laughing and everything... Tinder never really thought about it before. ) His hand slowly drops. He saw it, saw Khepri but his own life and his own problems, Khepri and the pet trade and everything, seems to matter way less right now. ]
What was that? The... The emptiness. The gray.
[ He finally looks up to Yuber's face. His eyes finally focus. ]
Did you do that? Seriously? Did you destroy your whole planet?
[Emptiness? Gray? Ah, so that's what he'd seen. He'd touched Eightfold's memories. 'Memories' that defy the linearity of time and recall events yet to pass, the visions the Rune plagues him with every time he allows his eyes to slip closed, that he'd seen in a thousand dreams... before he'd stopped sleeping altogether. It's interesting that Tinder would see the same vision that haunts all True Rune users at some point, but not especially surprising. If Tinder sees death, then the cessation of all life surely qualifies.]
No. [A simple answer that explains nothing. The world previous to this one still thrives, and the world of Emptiness, where he's from, is far from dead. Stark in landscape, perhaps, but there's still plenty of life there.] What you glimpsed was a vision of 'Dharma'--complete order--created by the Rune. It hasn't happened yet, and I don't intend it to. [It's not something he enjoys thinking about, let alone discussing.]
[ It... It didn't make sense. Why would Tinder see something that hasn't happened yet? He doesn't see like... wishes or aspirations, he just sees memories. How could someone (something) remember something that hasn't happened yet? Something that scares even Yuber...
Tinder feels cold. He shoves his hands back in his coat pockets and buries his face in the scarf. Khepri, and his own fears and nightmares seem like nothing compared to that kind of destruction. The Rune, the demon that's using Yuber... it's terrifying. ]
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What was that? The... The emptiness. The gray.
[ He finally looks up to Yuber's face. His eyes finally focus. ]
Did you do that? Seriously? Did you destroy your whole planet?
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No. [A simple answer that explains nothing. The world previous to this one still thrives, and the world of Emptiness, where he's from, is far from dead. Stark in landscape, perhaps, but there's still plenty of life there.] What you glimpsed was a vision of 'Dharma'--complete order--created by the Rune. It hasn't happened yet, and I don't intend it to. [It's not something he enjoys thinking about, let alone discussing.]
Did you see the death you desired?
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[ It... It didn't make sense. Why would Tinder see something that hasn't happened yet? He doesn't see like... wishes or aspirations, he just sees memories. How could someone (something) remember something that hasn't happened yet? Something that scares even Yuber...
Tinder feels cold. He shoves his hands back in his coat pockets and buries his face in the scarf. Khepri, and his own fears and nightmares seem like nothing compared to that kind of destruction. The Rune, the demon that's using Yuber... it's terrifying. ]
Yeah. I mean... I saw it, so... Thanks.