Crossed swords

[Anastasia]

Showittome.

[Corwin]

She already has, but maybe it wasn't clear.

Seira extends her right hand, and a vision accompanies it. Another Seira arrives, bearing a divine seed, and it allows the Shining Watcher to ascend. No longer just a paragon of healing, he acquires divine power to stop his hunger from ever controlling him.

She extends her left hand next, and the vision now shows the Shining Watcher stepping outside Creation with her to refine his nature. As before, he stays the same at the core, except the hunger is redefined outright with the Shining Watcher choosing to place a bigger value on the desire to protect.

Two paths to a similar goal, one accomplished here and another elsewhere. Both would provide you control. With control, you could manage your hunger. With that accomplished, you would gain confidence, and there would be no need for fear. Do you understand the choices offered, or do I need to explain better?

[Anastasia]

Noshowmetherealthingnotanillusionshowittome.

[Corwin]

Seira's avatar transports itself to her location just like in the first vision.

I'm interested in using the Gate variant of B3 that transports our people over. In this case, an avatar waiting in Io's realm with a divine seed holding one charge.

[Anastasia]

Sure.

The seed is seen.

It glistens amid the Positive Energy Plane's light, even here. It is brighter, like a star that outshines all the other stars. The divine seed sits in your avatar's hands.

Itisnotpossibleitisnotpossibleitisnotpossible.

"It's very possible," Elle calls, "Look at it! See it like you demanded!"

[Corwin]

"I hope it helps settle your fears, seeing that I'm not just all talk."

[Anastasia]

Giveittome.

[Corwin]

Seira's avatar approaches the shiny tarrasque and offers the divine seed to him.

[Nephrite]

Moore watches this exchange!

[Anastasia]

Just to be clear since weekend interrupted the flow, there's only one charge in this seed?

[Corwin]

Yes

[Anastasia]

One claw big enough to rend even Seira's form reaches out towards it. Slowly and with the greatest care, until it makes contact with the divine seed. The seed crumbles to dust, the Shining Watcher's claw still where it was.

Everything is different.

[Corwin]

And yet, everything is also just as it was, Seira muses. It's strange, isn't it? Like getting a chance to look at yourself from the side, or existing in more than one place at the same time. But at the core, you're still the same person who wanted to be safe, and to protect others from harm. That part of you even grew stronger, didn't it?

[Nephrite]

It's like having a veil lifted from your eyes that you didn't even realize was there. Moore adds, his own experience relatively recent in this regard. You'll find that it's almost as if you feel more... you - like Seira says. It's like you found something deep in your soul that lets you express yourself in ways you didn't realize you could until this moment.

[Anastasia]

My mind is clearer.

My mind is faster.

I can see. I can think like I was asleep before.

Isn't it incredible? Sometimes it still surprises me how vital I feel with it. It's not merely life, it's life in a new way, on a level that mortal creatures never understand. They can't unless they have it happen to them.