That's right.[sr]We never change, no matter what happens to us.
[k]
@Adele
Any injury we suffer heals itself.[sr]That's how we've been remade.
[k]
[charaTalk A]
@Macarios
Thanks to the ambrosia[line 2]the Demeter Klironomia they regularly give us to maintain our bodies...
[k]
@Macarios
...no citizen of Olympus will ever get sick.[sr]We're practically immortal now.
[k]
@Macarios
No one can die.[sr]No one can kill.
[k]
[charaFace A 9]
@Macarios
The gods are the only exception.[sr]They're the only ones with the power to kill us.
[k]
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@Mash
Huh...?
[k]
@Mash
I-I'm sorry, I think I may have misheard you a moment ago.
[k]
@Mash
Did you just say you were practically, um[line 2]
[k]
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@Holmes
Immortal.
[k]
@Holmes
Yes, Ms. Kyrielight, he did indeed say that.
[k]
@Holmes
I presume that means that as long as the gods' Authority remains, you and the other people of Olympus will even come back from death?
[k]
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@Adele
That's right.
[k]
?1:Come back from death...
?!
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@Mash
Immortality...
[k]
@Mash
The one thing humanity has continued to long for since time immemorial... The ultimate goal of countless technologies, not to mention magecraft...
[k]
@Mash
And here, it's just...a fact of life...
[k]
@Mash
Just how advanced IS Olympian civilization compared to ours?
[k]
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@Musashi
So every injury anyone gets heals automatically,[sr]and they never even have to fear death.
[k]
@Musashi
It's damn impressive, that's for sure. I can't even[sr]imagine what it would be like to live like that.
[k]
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@Fou
Fou, fooou...
[k]
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[charaFace F 8]
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@Holmes
I knew this city had achieved long, healthy lives for its citizenry, but I never would have thought it had also found a way to bring them back from death.
[k]
[charaFace F 0]
@Holmes
Never mind utopia. This place would seem to be more akin to heaven[line 2]our collective idea of a blissful life after death.
[k]
@Holmes
It almost strikes me as a calculated plan to forcefully[sr]evolve all of humanity into the realm of gods...
[k]
[charaFace F 9]
@Holmes
Good gracious, I can only imagine the look on Qin Shi Huang's face if they were to hear about this.
[k]
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?1:So, if Olympians can even come back from death...
?!
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?1:...does that mean that soldier we fought is still alive?
?!
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@Mash
...!
[k]
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@Mash
R-right! Now that you mention it...
[k]
@Mash
...that reserve soldier we first fought[sr]after the alarm was sounded was...
[k]
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@Musashi
He was dead. I killed him myself.
[k]
@Musashi
But now that you mention it, there WAS something strange about it. Even after I dealt the killing blow, I didn't feel as if I'd really won.
[k]
[charaFace E 8]
@Musashi
I guess him not actually dying would explain it.
[k]
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@Macarios
He didn't die.[sr]None of us can be killed here.
[k]
@Macarios
Inflicting death is a power only the gods have.
[k]
@Macarios
By this point, that soldier will have come back to life[sr]and started thinking up ways to get his revenge.
[k]
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@Mash
...[sr]...
[k]
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@Macarios
...While we're on the subject,[sr]I might as well tell you this, too.
[k]
[charaFace A 0]
@Macarios
Even if we stop taking ambrosia,[sr]like me and Sister have...
[k]
@Macarios
...the Klironomia inside our bodies[sr]will continue to function.
[k]
@Macarios
So we'll always be like this, forever.
[k]
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@Mash
...Forever?
[k]
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@Fou
Fo?
[k]
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@Macarios
That's right. Forever.
[k]
@Macarios
Immortality is, well, eternal.
[k]
[charaFace A 4]
@Macarios
Ever since that day the gods bestowed[sr]ambrosia on us eons ago...
[k]
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@Macarios
...we've always looked exactly like this.
[k]
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?1:You mean, you don't age either?
?2:So, you don't just have eternal life... You have eternal youth, too!?
?!
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@Adele
All right.
[k]
@Adele
We've been alive for a long time.[sr]A very, very long time.
[k]
@Adele
We'll never reach adulthood.[sr]We both stopped growing long, looong ago.
[k]
@Adele
The adults are all happy that we're still children.
[k]
@Adele
They say children are weak and should be protected, so we should just let them and the gods take care of us, and be grateful for it.
[k]
[charaFace B 8]
@Adele
...Never mind that we passed adult age a long time ago.
[k]
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@Musashi
...[wt 1.0]...
[k]
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@Holmes
Now I see.
[k]
@Holmes
While many Olympians may be fine with this enforced stagnation, the two of you are not.
[k]
[charaFace F 8]
@Holmes
And while the gods may have succeeded at preserving happiness at the level of a society, it seems they were unable to extend their control to individual emotions. Truly fascinating.
[k]
@Holmes
Very well. That at least makes clear why you two have chosen to rebel against the gods and assist us...
[k]
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@Holmes
...but before we go any further, there is one[sr]thing I would like to confirm with you.
[k]
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@Adele
That's right.
[k]
[charaTalk A]
@Macarios
Fine with me.
[k]
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@Holmes
As you know, we are from Chaldea[line 2][sr]a group of beings from Proper Human History.
[k]
@Holmes
Our victory here would mean the[sr]end of this entire Lostbelt.
[k]
@Holmes
Do you understand what that means?[sr]If we succeed at cutting down this Tree of Emptiness...
[k]
@Holmes
...everything here[line 2]Olympus, the gods, and all the many people, including you two[line 2]will disappear. No exceptions.
[k]
@Holmes
Even knowing that...do you still wish to fight by our side?
[k]
?1:...
?!
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@Mash
...[sr]...
[k]
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@Fou
Fou...
[k]
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@Macarios
...Yeah. We do.
[k]
[charaFace B 5]
@Adele
We don't need to keep living the same day over and[sr]over forever. We want to see a new tomorrow...
[k]
[charaTalk A]
@Macarios
Even if it means we end up dying for it.
[k]
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@Mash
...
[k]
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@Adele
Oh no...
[k]
@Adele
Please, don't be sad, Mash. We've spent an entire century thinking this through from every possible angle...
[k]
@Adele
...and this is what we decided.
[k]
[charaFace B 8]
@Adele
We want to see tomorrow.[sr]A real tomorrow.
[k]
@Adele
A day that's different from the one that came before. Something more than just another today.
[k]
@Adele
We've already lived more than enough for countless lifetimes.
[k]
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@Adele
Do you have any idea how old I am?
[k]
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@Mash
Um...
[k]
@Mash
Well, I remember everyone in Atlantis had a life span of at least a few hundred years...
[k]
@Mash
So I would guess maybe twice that?[sr]Or several times...?
[k]
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@Adele
...Hehe. A few hundred years, huh?
[k]
@Adele
The gods' protection must have worn pretty thin for them. I'm jealous.
[k]
[charaTalk A]
@Macarios
Back during the fourth machia, we were actually[sr]supposed to go to Atlantis ourselves...
[k]
@Macarios
...along with all the other people who supported the faction that wanted coexistence between gods and humans.
[k]
[charaFace A 4]
@Macarios
But what happened was[line 2]
[k]
[charaTalk B]
[charaFace B 4]
@Adele
We missed the last boat.
[k]
@Adele
And we'll never have another chance,[sr]since the gods don't allow any of us to leave the city.
[k]
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@Musashi
Whoa, whoa. Hold up.
[k]
@Musashi
The fourth machia was the war between the gods. Didn't that happen something like several thousand years ago?
[k]
[charaFace E 2]
@Musashi
So...you guys are saying you're[sr]a few thousand years old!?
[k]
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@Adele
No, we're not.
[k]
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@Adele
...[wt 1.0]I'd say we've been alive[sr]for about ten thousand years.
[k]
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@Mash
Huh?
[k]
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@Macarios
That's right.[sr]Ten thousand years plus a few centuries.
[k]
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@Musashi
Ten thousand!?
[k]
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@Fou
Fo!
[k]
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@Adele
...We're citizens of Olympus.
[k]
@Adele
We're the gods' beloved playthings,[sr]kept in their eternal cradle.
[k]
@Adele
Ever since the day the gods built this city...
[k]
@Adele
...we've been stuck living here forever.
[k]
@Macarios
That's right.
[k]
@Macarios
For over ten thousand years...
[k]
@Macarios
...we've been forced to live millions upon millions[sr]of versions of essentially the same day.
[k]
@Macarios
Never getting to set one foot outside the city's limits... Never getting to grow or change...!