Regeneration

[Yuthirin]

'We can certainly do that. I do have a question, though. Io brought up the concept of becoming One to us. Are there any advantages of the divine seed over becoming One and vice-versa?'

[Anastasia]

There are risks and advantages. To become One is dangerous, but conserves the limited resource of the seeds. One can survive the End of Creation, though you may well eventually succumb to what lies Beyond, or to Ao's wrath should he notice you.

[Yuthirin]

'So no significant betterment. I'd likely be destroyed shortly after Creation should Ao succeed anyway, whether nor not by Ao's hand.'

[Anastasia]

I have hopes that should the worst come to pass, at least one of you will survive the end. Yet if Ao wishes to target survivors, there is nothing any of us can do to stop it.

[Yuthirin]

'We'll just have to not lose, then.' Tryll replies, 'I have another question, though. In your opinion, how long will we have between the destruction of Shar and the conflict with Ao?'

[Anastasia]

Once the final battle against Shar begins, there will be no time to turn back. There will be precious little time and time will be of the essence. Once Shar is defeated and the portal to Beyond open, you must hurry forward with all haste and whatever you have left. We can stalemate Ao a time, but we cannot defeat him with you - you are our hope, that you will be the final distraction that will allow us to free the Incarnation of Balance.

"So we have to march into Shadow, kill Shar, storm the Beyond and face down Ao in a suicidal attempt to distract him?" Dana says slowly, then blows out a breath. "Fuuu....uuuu..." She can't even finish it, but groans. "This is even worse than what we had to do to save Lifasa!"

[Yuthirin]

"Shut up, you love the idea and you know it. Imagine your dad's face!" Calleigh says.

[Anastasia]

"Heh," Dana even smiles at that.

"So..." Miranda speaks up, "What can we do to get stronger and expand ourselves?"

Adventure. Grow. I have left it to the nodes to gather companions and put my trust into them.

Miranda bows her head at that, "Be that as it may, we could use another and I fear with this task we will not have time to find another for some while now."

[Yuthirin]

'Let's not also forget the fact that we have an abomination to kill.' Tryll says. 'We could use a dedicated support, though.'

[Anastasia]

"We'll have to keep our eyes open," Benyen says, "We may stumble on someone. That should work out, shouldn't it?"

[Yuthirin]

'We found you and Miranda that way, right? Actually, it was technically all Dana...we went looking for a fight because she was bored both times.'

[Anastasia]

"See, let me go find someone and I'll sort it out," Dana perks up a little bit, "I'll have us a fifth soon."

[Yuthirin]

"We gonna fight! For friendship!" Calleigh cheers.

[Anastasia]

Anything else to ask here, Yuth, or more along slightly to the next phase of this?

[Yuthirin]

I'm set