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钟离 • Zhongli ([personal profile] geocash) wrote in [community profile] eggbowl 2022-09-03 07:19 pm (UTC)

I have found the implementation and choices made as a society... lacking, yes. In truth, I suspect the reasoning is not so simple, however. It's only a hunch, but... there again, we are not so different.

[If he were to guess at why Dohalim shows such an affinity for his element, Zhongli would guess that it has more to do with his morality. He's certainly still affected by the mentality and societal norms of Rena, but it's no stretch to say that most Lords - even most Renans - would struggle to have such a deep guilt for their own actions.

To think that he's somehow been corrupted, beneath all that... it's a terrible thing, he thinks.

But Dohalim's question earns a soft hum from Zhongli, and he watches the man for a brief moment.]


When creating a realm for all, hubris and morality show themselves plain. This... began long before Dahna was fully populated, though many of them were after I had become the protector of my fledgling country.

[He doesn't hesitate too much, but it's clearly something he thinks about a lot.]

After we ceased our war... Gods and their ilk are not as immortal as many think. Beyond the obvious differences from one to the next, the progression of time eventually robs us of sense and morality. Creatures who once stood in defense of the land often become its greatest threats... many of them created by deities like myself.

For myself, I entered into contracts with such creatures join their inception - with the stipulation that, should they become a threat to the very land they protected, it would be my duty to see them stopped. Though the face of Dahna has changed, I have fulfilled that intention to the letter.

[It puts an interesting perspective on some of the things that have been found in the world - things that most certainly predate the Renan invasion, sealed away under strange, impenetrable barriers.]

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