I hadn’t been thinking of Epyon at all. [ He’s surprised in a different way by the suggestion. ] I certainly did not choose to appear like this as a Myth on purpose.
When I think of Epyon, those moments of weakness I yearn for it - [ Zechs made a face, he wanted to stop talking - ] - I think of the feeling of certainty. The idea the future could be known and controlled. The idea I could see very path, every risk, and understand its counter. I think of the reassurance of death it spoke to me.
I think of madness. Isolation. It was not a tool of connection or understanding anyone. I am terrified someone here could build it or any version of the ZERO system and I tried never to speak its name so you would not discover it. [ Zechs went pale. ]
[ But, he then sighed. ]
Change is inevitable, Quattro. The Epyon lied. We will constantly change, become new things to know and understand, and there’s no way to predict this. I wish I could let go of the past, and yet it keeps haunting us.
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When I think of Epyon, those moments of weakness I yearn for it - [ Zechs made a face, he wanted to stop talking - ] - I think of the feeling of certainty. The idea the future could be known and controlled. The idea I could see very path, every risk, and understand its counter. I think of the reassurance of death it spoke to me.
I think of madness. Isolation. It was not a tool of connection or understanding anyone. I am terrified someone here could build it or any version of the ZERO system and I tried never to speak its name so you would not discover it. [ Zechs went pale. ]
[ But, he then sighed. ]
Change is inevitable, Quattro. The Epyon lied. We will constantly change, become new things to know and understand, and there’s no way to predict this. I wish I could let go of the past, and yet it keeps haunting us.