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I gulped nervously, covering my eyes. I had to wipe the tear I shed then. That was the pain Shennu felt. That was what caused her to go into a mindless frenzy. She couldn't cope with remembering what she experienced. The trauma of it.
'Why?' I said, looking past Parrotboy.
'Why did you do it and why did you make her forget?'
[SARAKHA] "I told you everything before."
Those hands that did it let go of Parrotboy's neck. The boy shivered.
[SARAKHA] "It's about control. It's all about control. Control is the only meaning, the only constant that I, a mere trace has. And if it cannot be fulfilled, then there is one option left. Destruction."
'That doesn't explain why you went through the trouble of replacing him.'
[SARAKHA] "Bedolfir created the Animal Demigods. He created every last one. Even the Dragoness herself was created because the giant had a piece of the Great Mother gifted to him. It was this family that came from the grinding rock of his fingers, though none of them ever knew or realized they shared a common origin. Shennu came first, as she was the mother. Wolfboy and Parrotboy are the children of nature. The subdivisions of Bedolfir's domain. Elements. Even Garlo does not know this is where he came from when Bedolfir caught the disembodied heat and ground it with the mortar and pestle that are his hands."
[SARAKHA] "But Bedolfir is a careless and stubborn god, who lost his own creations and didn't care to reclaim them once they could walk."
'You preyed upon them then, one at a time.'
[SARAKHA] "Garlo was easy enough to convert. That one fell in league the moment he knew he could seize glamor from our fold, and that's where he lost his animal shape. Those who retained it were difficult. I could never convince Shennu to join us. A suspicious goddess who thinks far too much, is a liability. Drunken on the worship of her own followers, she would never join. A plan was put into motion..."
'So you murdered Parrotboy and left her to find out. You caused her all that grief and pain, and then stole the memory so you could use it as your leg up.'
[SARAKHA] "No. I had only planned to use it as an excuse to destroy her. Do you think the gods of this world would stand idle as a monster threatens to flood our lands? Cricket Feet already proved that I didn't need the original."
[MAJORDOMO] "That's right. He himself said he was made as part of a deal between Bedolfir and you pieces of shit."
[SARAKHA] "Appeasement is a policy. Bedolfir wants to carry out his wrath with little opposition. The promise of non-intervention is enough to get him working. I simply had him create a new Wind Demigod for me, and then took Cricket Feet and promoted him. I was going to do the same with Shennu once she was dead. The replacement would be loyal to me, but now you've set my plan off track. I cannot forgive you."
'I'll always... always protect my sister.'
