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[cancrymods]

TRACING A PATH

True to her word, following the fight in the Luxuria Underside, Lana shows the Executors where they can travel further down into Purgatory. From the now familiar set of stairs, though, comes something unexpected – a cold, damp breeze that chills you to the bone and makes you feel oddly sleepy. The sense of unease this generates is amplified by the reaction of the accompanying Executors – Rei seems particularly susceptable to the drowsiness inducing effect and while Birdie doesn't seem to be affected, she's nevertheless oddly quiet and a little brooding, like she has something on her mind. Either way, it seems wise to prepare for whatever may lay ahead before proceeding. Take your time to spar, train or whatever you need to do before proceeding to the next Layer...

Comments

[emberserker]

I believe so. But I'd remembered something -- throwing out a follower who'd been eliminated in GRANBELM, because that meant she wasn't useful to me anymore. And I've remembered doing much worse since. I've been thinking about it for some time now. Something was pushing me. Not just what people were doing and saying, but something else too, that I haven't felt since I woke up here. I told Chiron about it, but he wasn't helpful at all -- not that I should've been all that surprised. He seems to delight in my misery.

But regardless of what was pushing me to treat the people around me like that and throw them away when I was done with them, I still did it, didn't I? And you seem to like me well enough. By that logic, you ought to at least have some fondness for yourself, who can't even be proven to have done anything. Honestly, now.