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[prayreturn]

[ Tell Her About Homestuck.

And she will likely take a while to reply, not just. Because she has a lot to say! But because she is trying to comprehend it. ]

I know that I am no longer on my star, and thus I must keep an open mind to what may happen on other stars.

These Gods have no connection to what I thought they did, then. Still, it is concerning for one to seek followers. (I shall explain Primal alongside Ascian - they are two sides of something..)

I have also learned that there can be multiple versions of the same star. The change I have learned is less drastic, however, then one star surviving and one dying - in my case, it is a single person who is different.

The idea of recreating an entire universe, however, sounds quite improbable. I will not doubt it, but you know how it sounds. Such would change anybody - but one turning towards their darker self - I can imagine many reasons why. I am sorry that somebody you see as a friend has changed so much.

(That much I understand. But I still do not get why one would give it a different name. Is it a case of anominity?)

As for Ascian:

As I implied with him, I was part of an organization which fought threats to our way of life. Ascian tended to be the main source of such.

They are beings fueled by the desire to spread chaos and destruction, for a future we do not understand. (Except that they hate the Goddess of our star. Our star is protected by the Goddess Hydaelyn, who gifts certain people her blessing and the ability to understand many who often could not be.

I am one of those who Hydaelyn blessed - even if my abilities and blessing are lesser then some of my allies.) One way that Ascian can spread destruction and work towards the death of Hydaelyn is by the use of Primal. They teach the disenfranchised how to use their magic to summon who they see as their Gods. These Primal do not simply strike down their enemies - they enthrall those who have not been blessed by Hydaelyn.

These thralls have the desire to re-summon these Primal.

Primal, however, also drain the very lifeblood of the star. Unless they are slain, even one could leave our star drained. (While I have not seen it, I have heard of locations on our star which are drained of said lifeblood.)

I do not know Emet-Selch personally, but I know Ascian. I fear what he might know about me - the fact that I have become of-interest to one of the strongest (apparently) Ascian. Even if Dirk is not a Primal, anybody who works willingly with an Ascian is a danger.

[cyan_maid]

[i'm so fucking sorry minfilia]

Yeah, I know how it sounds. It's alright, and frankly, I never did understand the specifics behind it.
There were surely many more things in play than what we could see, anyway, and I'm willing to accept it as a thing I will never fully grasp. Which is hard enough to admit! But admit it I must.

(Maybe he was just feeling creative? I don't know.)

Oh, gosh, yes, we're not anything like those Primals! I'm sorry he gave you a fright about it. We just sort of fall into circumstances that give us these powers and then have to deal with the aftermath, and I can't say we coerced anyone through any means to follow us or summon us.
Maybe he knows something different about the situation, since his frame of events is so different from my own, but I promise that while we are here, we're as human and normal as anyone else. Most of the time. There are at least two weekends a year where people can get their powers back for a short time, but everything's so topsy turvy and muddled that I usually try to wait it out at home instead of getting into sticky situations.

Hm...when you put it like that, then I can't really blame you for feeling the way you do - not that I would, per say. He clearly invited you to challenge him, so obviously he wants your reaction to him to be negative? (Which, again, is baffling to me in a lot of ways, yet completely makes sense in others.) I don't know if Mister Emet-Selch's presence in his life contributes to that or not, since he was confrontational about this sort of thing even before he seemed to begin associating with the man. But I am appreciative of all this information, thank you!

[Note to self, don't mention to Minfilia that you've willingly made soup for this man when he came back from a canon update and had the flu because Dirk is woefully inept at caring for another human being. He tries, he's got the spirit, but. He just. Does not know. Has no bedside manner.]

Minfilia, out of curiosity, I must ask - are there people in this world whom you know from your own?
Maybe they might have more information on the Ascian presence here than I can give you. They'd be more familiar with the threat posed, right? And it's possible they could come from a time in your future, and know things you wouldn't be able to know!
In this case, the more information you have, the better.

[I hate that Jane is enabling Minfilia to have the big canon talk.]