"What happened?" Gravis asked.
"I think I know what happened," Orthar said with a thoughtful expression.
"Enlighten me," the Opposer said evenly.
"You were abandoned," Orthar said.
The Opposer remained silent.
"Death wanted a will, but as a Manifestation of Death, you didn't have a will. Therefore, you couldn't possibly become Death's will," Orthar added.
Gravis' and Mortis' eyes widened in understanding.
Right!
How could someone without a will become the will of something else?
"Correct," the Opposer said evenly. "After trying to make me its will, Death simply receded."
"We were incompatible."
"After realizing that we were incompatible, it simply assimilated me into itself. I would lose my structure and become more Death. Like a drop of fresh water that had been thrown into an ocean, I would dissolve until I was part of the ocean."
"But, then how are you alive?" Gravis asked.
The Opposer's expression became complex.
"Energy interfered," the Opposer said.
Orthar's eyes widened with intensity as he heard that.
He knew what that meant!
"It noticed me, and for whatever reason, it decided to fill me with Energy. My old mind from before I have entered the Gate of Death had fused with the memories I had gained while being the Manifestation of Death."
"Emotions returned to my being. Dreams returned. My will returned. A new personality was formed."
"I was essentially born again."
It wanted me to make its will again. That action wasn't born of a
since I now had a will, dreams, and a goal
wasn't willing to
narrowed eyes. "Are you telling me that Death doesn't have a
and Mortis'
had happened and decided to revive me. I'm not sure if it was out of pity
as
entire administration of
moment, no new tribulations took place, and
related with Death in them. Even more, I
someone directing it. Someone has to manually create the
Cosmos made of Energy? What about the very first lifeform? Who
Death doesn't allow it to create life on
Energy since it had
said. "However, I won't talk more on the
bit of frustration appeared in Orthar's eyes, but he kept himself in
He didn't answer.
he looked at Gravis and Mortis again. "After I gained an actual personality and will,
my previous goal from before I had become the Manifestation of Death hadn't changed. I wanted power.
I created my Cosmos. First, I tried to make it entirely out of Death, but it was impossible. If
created my Cosmos with 50% Energy and
delicate balancing act, but my Cosmos gives
later, I returned to this Cosmos to take my revenge," he said as he looked at Orthar
Mortis
returned, and he unleashed all his powers. I thought that I had been lucky since the mistake I failed to rectify had given me another
of time had passed, but he was already far
so I did the only thing
my Energy storage to pull
that, we fought, and the fight basically ended in both of our Cosmoses on the brink of
and we went back to regaining our powers, and that's basically how we got here. We are at an arms race, and none of us are confident in
Mortis looked at their father, and he nodded, confirming that
Gravis had one last
to ask
Gravis. "What is it?" he
did you create my
Silence.
didn't know the answer,
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