07-17-2014, 07:35 PM
It was apparent that Aria was extremely uncomfortable, and it made her talk. She explained the Atharim's position, and Michael could have laughed if his heart was not frozen like cold steel.
She did not do a very good job at endearing him to an alliance. They grew scared when the prey bit back? Fortunately, her blunt words did more to help than a carefully prepared speech.
"Whatever your beliefs say, you don't have to convince me,"
he started, addressing the points from the top. "War was always inevitable."
He cut short that line of thinking, not wanting to ruin his day further.
"An alliance is your best option,"
he continued without malice. "It is as you have said. You can only hunt the weakest of us. If you sought to prevent the return of the 'Gods', you have failed."
He did not mention his new Command had not yet started. It was truth nonetheless. There were hundreds of them, perhaps thousands now and each one he had met had survived only to be stronger.
He seized upon something she had said, probing. "There are 'Gods' hidden in the Atharim?"
That was promising, although he did not envy whoever it was that had gotten themselves into such a mess. "It was bound to happen, I suppose. But I still don't understand. I don't want to see any more unnecessary death either, but what do you want? You say you want an alliance, what do you want, and what do you offer?"
She did not do a very good job at endearing him to an alliance. They grew scared when the prey bit back? Fortunately, her blunt words did more to help than a carefully prepared speech.
"Whatever your beliefs say, you don't have to convince me,"
he started, addressing the points from the top. "War was always inevitable."
He cut short that line of thinking, not wanting to ruin his day further.
"An alliance is your best option,"
he continued without malice. "It is as you have said. You can only hunt the weakest of us. If you sought to prevent the return of the 'Gods', you have failed."
He did not mention his new Command had not yet started. It was truth nonetheless. There were hundreds of them, perhaps thousands now and each one he had met had survived only to be stronger.
He seized upon something she had said, probing. "There are 'Gods' hidden in the Atharim?"
That was promising, although he did not envy whoever it was that had gotten themselves into such a mess. "It was bound to happen, I suppose. But I still don't understand. I don't want to see any more unnecessary death either, but what do you want? You say you want an alliance, what do you want, and what do you offer?"
"She saw a flaring halo around his head, radiant in gold and blue. It shouted of glory and power to come"
"No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."