Stratocracy

Myriad Reality

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Should be clear.
*Points up to the castle inside the skull*
Him.

@Etcetera

*Raises an eyebrow inquisitively before glancing in that direction*

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@Etcetera

*Now you both begin to see my form, sitting not too far away, on a chair in the broken realm just looking and thinking - there's not even an ounce of threat or stress coming from me, in fact the amount of safety and peace and serenity overflowing from my direction is like a sore thumb in this nightmare, perhaps an offence only to the evil of this place and the constant suffering and chaos.*

Alialliel Leyheart taking in the present situation with keen interest and determination

@The Multiverse

*Glances toward you very briefly with a side eye*

Myriad Reality

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Mhm! I have one friend, and it's not him.
*Eyes you up and down*
It's not you.

@Etcetera

Consider me all ears.

Myriad Reality

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You still don't know me, and like the rest won't hear when I tell you. You're wrong about him.

@Etcetera

About Prism?

Myriad Reality

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How would he know that he died?

@Etcetera

He surely doesn’t. But that’s hardly my point.

Myriad Reality

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*Shrugs again*
I'm not fast. And a lot of him.

@Etcetera

You are. I’ve seen you. And he certainly doesn’t make an effort to avoid you either.

Myriad Reality

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He did, for a long time. Then he did not.

@Etcetera

Then why is he even still around?

Myriad Reality

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*Lifts a hand in quasi-acknowledgement*
A toy. He's not him.

@Etcetera

You’re right. He’s something else. Something else that matters, and for an entirely different reason at that.

Myriad Reality

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*Shrugs*
Meh. I kill him a lot.

@Etcetera

Yet you keep him around. And not only that, you don't exclusively hurt him.

Myriad Reality

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*Shakes my head with incredulity*
No, he's... bleh. Not who I want to spite.

@Etcetera

That's not the sort of relationship someone pursues in absence of everything else.

Myriad Reality

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Once I can make him hate me, then I can die in peace. That's all I want.

@Etcetera

And being with Prism is a means to that end, then? Fueled by spite?