>>5769260You've had enough, and the bitch is just going in circles now.
"Then tell me what to do! I've been telling you and everyone else here, I'm not a fighter! I'm an appraiser—for a god damned jeweler! We need a real plan of attack, and the best we have is Loomis leading us blindly into the dark."
The mad god looks you over—it's clear she's contemplating something, but you're almost too terrified to know.
<span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">"A pure heart. When you thought Hyde may have been an ally, you wasted no time coming to his aid. When you thought the experiments to be monstrous, you didn't hesitate to strike. And when they showed you the truth of Hyde's actions, you again wasted no time in turning on him."</span></span>
It was all true, you're just missing the point.
<span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">"The point, Alexandra, is that despite whatever you may or may not call yourself, you are noble. You are a survivor, and you won't stop until you've overcome this world. Yes, your history with the Djinn is how I discovered you at all, but I've picked you for more than just a lucky break. You may not understand this just yet, but it's the purity of our hearts that decide how powerful we'll become in our lifetimes. And you've shown me just how powerful you will become—the potential you harbor within."</span></span>
And then you feel it. It's white hot, yet also soothing, and even somewhat alarming. You reach out… and you touch it.
<span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">"Yes, Alexandra. Embrace it. I wasn't sure when I called you here, but I am now."</span></span>
All at once, a powerful surge of energy courses throughout your bones, your skin, your nerves. Unlike anything you've ever felt before, it's so intense you think—beg—you'll black out. But you don't.
And when it's all over, you recognize the immense strength you now possess. You feel it running through every fiber of your person, fully ingrained into you, completely saturated throughout your essence.
<span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">"Time. The final Arcana. I know you believe your success over the Djinn to be a fluke, a lucky rewinding of time, but you will come to find that this stems from a far more dormant power that rests deep in the recesses of your spirit. In time, you will find all you have been looking for."</span></span>
She stands in front of you now, her blank, purple face only inches from your own. Her hands raise up to take yours, and she squeezes them, almost lovingly.
<span class="mu-g"><span class="mu-i">"Go. Return to Requiem with your newfound gift. Share this talk with your friends, so that they too may come to unlock the atavistic gifts given to them eons ago. And please, take great care. The Hearts of Thorn close in on you all now. I will be watching from here, as I have for all of time. Go forth, my child, and ignite the Praelium."</span></span>
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