Of course not. Are you saying that you're one of my things? I'm pretty sure there's something about owning people that's supposed to be morally wrong, yes?
[A thing belonging to a god; a toy, discarded among piles of other toys; Eli feels anxiety — Sleipnir's instincts of belonging to Odin. Devotion is in Eli's nature, it's so easy to become addicted to something when you have a propensity for it.]
I don't like the thought of owning another person.
That doesn't mean that I don't recognize that SLEIPNIR is mine, and you are Sleipnir now, at least there are some vestiges of that life. Don't worry, I don't discard people.
I have absolutely no idea. If it's psychological it shouldn't matter, right?
Listen, I don't think you're interesting or boring. I don't know you, I know that I'm your thing. Or, it feels like I am. In fact, there is someone I like to spend all my time with already, so this is really inconvenient.
Well I don't consider you desperate for power, or desperate to become something that you're not.
So no, not really. They're...different. Desperate. We only come once a century, it's unsurprising that many people would want in on it, even in their own way.
Or else...the world will be taken by something far larger than us. A great darkness. There are twelve of us, but a quarter needs to die very specifically.
I don't want to die either, but I will all the same. There's a likelihood that if we don't...something will happen. Something bad. But I'm not an expert.
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Or Sleipnir. Really.
I do have the luxury of privacy. I'm entitled to that, at least.
[ To Woden, he's entitled to many things. ]
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[And Eli clearly needs Woden. Or something. It's not okay.]
Do you just leave all your things lying around?
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Of course not. Are you saying that you're one of my things? I'm pretty sure there's something about owning people that's supposed to be morally wrong, yes?
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Yes, it is wrong but that's not the point.
Am I?
[A thing belonging to a god; a toy, discarded among piles of other toys; Eli feels anxiety — Sleipnir's instincts of belonging to Odin. Devotion is in Eli's nature, it's so easy to become addicted to something when you have a propensity for it.]
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That doesn't mean that I don't recognize that SLEIPNIR is mine, and you are Sleipnir now, at least there are some vestiges of that life. Don't worry, I don't discard people.
[ He'd never. ]
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I want to see you but I also don't - it's more like I need to.
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What will being around me do to satisfy you? Don't you think you'd get bored?
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Listen, I don't think you're interesting or boring. I don't know you, I know that I'm your thing. Or, it feels like I am. In fact, there is someone I like to spend all my time with already, so this is really inconvenient.
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We'll need to fix this, won't we?
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Unless you want me trailing after you like a kicked lothcat[deleted;]You're curious, aren't you?
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I think it's fascinating that you're so...devoted. Not even my Valkyries are like that.
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What are they like?
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But I'm much worse than them, so we get along just fine.
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[Yikes. Eli feels this is a quagmire.]
What about me? Am I also that?
[Yes, he actually cares about Woden's opinion of him — Eli hates it.]
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So no, not really. They're...different. Desperate. We only come once a century, it's unsurprising that many people would want in on it, even in their own way.
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Seems like godhood is a messy business, once a century you get to be among people and just do as you like?
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We're rowdy and wild. According to Ananke, we're just completely uncontrollable. I'd hate having her job.
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Ananke, does she look after you all?
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Up until the moment she tried to kill a child, and then... we put a stop to that.
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Or else...the world will be taken by something far larger than us. A great darkness. There are twelve of us, but a quarter needs to die very specifically.
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Sounds dodgy. No offence. I don't want you to die.
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But I'm not an expert.
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