Week Two

[letsplayamod]

Okay, maybe it hasn't been so easy. You've been enjoying a relatively pleasant time here with your fellow gods and Athena, only for a disgruntled Titan to seemingly pull the rug out from under that.

Despite the immediate threat from a hidden foe, you've managed to stave off their first attack. However, even if the grass may seem greener this week, or the sky a bit clearer, Athena can barely hide her troubled feelings. If this experiment is to be a success, what has to happen to make it that way?

You're all alive, though. That's worth celebrating, isn't it?

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[mygoodbye]

[Sometimes, Athena might have wished she could understand the same.]

...No. I know that there's no one in this realm. It's what's beyond this place that I'm hoping for.

[On some level, she feels like she can be a bit more honest with Algaea.]

There was a time I didn't think much for the senseless waste of mortal life, so long as it built towards something. Not anymore.

[tailoredfate]

It's one thing, to think of loss of life as simply a line of numbers. It's easier to focus on doing what needs to be done that way. But when you can put a face to those numbers...

[There are many things Aglaea thinks she lost the ability to feel, over her long life and the slow deterioration of her soul. But grief... she's sure grief is clinging to her right down to the last frayed bits, claws dug in deep and relentless.]

... It feels all the more heavier. I would not wish that burden on anyone.

[mygoodbye]

[Deep and relentless was right. The curse of a goddess, borne of brilliance. Left to uphold the wisest method at all times, whatever that was supposed to mean.]

It's been my burden. And I took to it well, for a time. I led, I mentored, and I worked towards my vision of the greatest warrior.

Only now do I realize how blind I was to the damage. [She exhales, it's rough.] You don't need to hear me bemoan my failures.

[tailoredfate]

On the contrary. If we're supposed to be helping you with the healing of this world, it would be helpful to get to know you better. The good and the bad.

[A bit hypocritical of her, considering how closed-off she often is with anyone who isn't her teacher. But hey, Aglaea never really set herself up as some paragon of morality or anything like that.]

We learn from our failures, however devastating they might be. However harshly they may cling to us as we move forward. Speak of them, release that pressure from inside, and that might lessen the weight on your soul.

[mygoodbye]

[Algaea's words hold weight regardless. Not like Athena's ever given herself a moral high-ground either.]

How wise of you. Interested in my position?