This time around as well, THE Creature did not reply.
That also should have been its own answer.
Origin smiled at this non-answer as she began to walk away from the temple, her steps light despite the weight of everything that had been said.
"I am happy for you. I really am."
Her voice carried no happiness at all.
"I wish you the best, O Creature."
BOOM!
With such words, she walked away and did not look back.
The multicolored flames around THE Creature pulsed faintly as he looked out from the temple, watching her descend the steps toward where THE First Hunger waited. His eyes were filled with unknown Immensities and wonder, contemplating paths that only he could see and outcomes that only he could understand.
He had lost something today.
Whether that loss was worth what he had gained remained to be seen.
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