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[He shrugs at Sorey's remark about his powers being sharper. Their powers came from different sources, it was only to be expected. Besides, he doubted Sorey would actually want to have a sensing ability as sharp as Allen's. Useful as it was and even if Allen's long adjusted to it, it was still a curse]

It sounds like Mikleo's senses are pretty sharp too. [Being able to pick up that it's enough energy to cover a city, much less that they came from different sources- that's pretty damn good]

...Honestly, Greed's an anomaly even by my standards. I'm not sure what to make of him. [The only other time he had seen that many souls attached to a single vessel was a Lich King. But even then...Greed hasn't shown any of the other traits that went with Lich Kings. It was weird to say the least] Though I hope you don't take it personally if I never visit you on the Huntress.

[Since screw going near that again.]

Nah, that's okay. I really don't blame you. [So Allen doesn't know the deal with Greed either. Sorey doesn't know whether to feel comforted or more worried by that. And true, being on the Huntress is kind of worse than being on the Golden in terms of malevolence, but he feels much better being around Mikleo so the tradeoff is worth it.]

Same here. If Sorey's domain wasn't as strong as it is, I'd have been the one requesting a transfer.

[It had admittedly been tempting, but at least the Huntress has a number of people he can actually talk to. Sorey's ship doesn't have that much going for it, in that department.]

[He looks between the two of him]

His...domain?

[Yeah that doesn't make any sense to him]

Uh, like, hellions, powerful seraphim and people with seraphim pacts have, [Sorey gestures around himself in a dome,] what we call a domain. It depends entirely on spiritual strength. My domain means any seraphim I have pacts with will be safe from malevolence, and it also purifies malevolence...well, a little bit. Mostly we have to do that by hand.

The main purpose of the pact is to grant the Prime Lord and her sub lords a vessel to dwell in and avoid corruption in exchange for their power. Being on the Huntress alone could have become a problem if it went on too long, but with Sorey around, I can just get inside if it becomes unbearable.

[being a sub lord is occasionally convenient, yup]

[He crosses his arms and thinks as he listens to this]

So in other words...Seraphims are susceptible to malevolence, so they form pacts with humans and that can protect them from being corrupted. And in exchange, a human with a pact can use the power of a seraphim to purify malevolence - and that's what makes a Shepherd. Meanwhile the domain is just an extensive aura of someone's strength.

Is that right?

More or less, but it takes an exceptionally powerful seraph to be able to make a pact and become a Prime Lord. [So it's not like it can happen all over.] And the human has to have really high resonance, and should probably be able to resist becoming malevolent. [Glances over at Mikleo.] There used to be a lot of Shepards, even a bunch at a time at one point but...not so much now.

[Mikleo catches the glance, then shrugs. It's never been a concern with Sorey. For the others, maybe, but not for him. He knows Sorey too well.]

If a vessel becomes corrupted, the seraphim will be transformed into dragons, and there's no going back. If they choose poorly, their lives essentially end.

[Okay so he's listening to Sorey. So Shepherds are pretty rare since the pact wasn't an easy one to make. Made sense, it seems like a pretty powerful pact with a lot of responsibility. He's not sure what this whole prime and sub lord thing is, but maybe Mikleo when he starts speaking with clarify. Except-]

[--Wait what]

--Corrupted Seraphim turn into dragons?!

[THATS A NEW ONE. A VERY WORRYING NEW ONE]

Edited 2016-02-26 06:04 (UTC)

Yeah. [which is like, a problem and all] Very powerful seraphim become dragons when infected by malevolence. That's apparently one of the reasons why Shepards have such strict rules about what they can and can't get involved in; any situation that might cause a conflict of the Shepard's heart will put the seraphim at risk if they start to generate malevolence, and then there's suddenly dragons flying all over the place. [It's one of the biggest reasons Sorey doesn't go flying off to take care of things how he sees fit. Well, that and the respect he has for Lailah and the others' judgement. The idea of his own weak-heartedness causing the death of his friends is definitely a scary one.]

Thankfully it takes a lot of malevolence for it to come to that. Most corrupted seraphim become hellions first, and they can still be purified. There aren't many dragons in the world, even with how much malevolence there is.

[Still, you know. It's a bit terrifying to imagine, losing yourself to that. He doesn't like thinking about it much.]

I see... [And he thought he had problems. Sure, Nea going out of control could be bad- but he didn't really compare to a dragon. Hell, even becoming a Fallen One, the biggest fear for an Exorcist, was temporary compared to becoming a dragon. A Fallen One happened with Exorcists purely by the choices they make anyway, not....just being around some dark energy too long or Sorey having a very bad day]

I've encountered dragons in my travels, but I've never had to fight one. In a lot of worlds, they're just naturally born creatures with no dark matter, so there's no reason for an Exorcist to get involved. Some have even been allies. [That's always fun] But a dragon created solely from malevolence....

[That's bad. That'd definitely be Exorcist work and that's very, very bad.]

...Are you sure you want to stay on the Huntress? There's plenty of other ships in the fleet that don't have that level of dark power aboard. Maybe even some with people who can see Mikleo... [He's not saying staying there is a bad idea. No, he's saying it's a Terrible idea.]

Wherever we go, we'll have to make sure we're together. And a lot of the ships are nearing capacity, right? We wouldn't want to put in a double transfer and only one of us get it. [Sorey glances up at Mikleo.] Besides, Mikleo is tough. It's not so much as if he's around malevolence, he'll turn; it takes days, sometimes even weeks, and an intense concentration of malevolence for it to work. The reason why it's a problem for seraphim who make a pact is because of the pact. [Sorey smiles and shrugs a shoulder.] The difference between having poison on your skin and poison in your bloodstream.

If it's something you're worried about Allen, don't be. Mikleo's here to guide me; he wouldn't hide it if something was wrong. And I won't let anything happen to him, either.

[Mikleo nods. It's an understandable fear, sure, but Allen will just have to trust them on this one.]

Believe me, if it was a bigger concern, We'd have left the ship as soon as possible. Neither of us have any desire to hurt anyone here, and we've dealt with much worse malevolence than Greed in the past.

[Greed's a pain, but he's got nothing on Heldalf. Or, uh, actual dragons. If there was a risk of him becoming one, he'd get the hell out immediately- he has no desire to lose himself to that.]

Anyway, after this long, I'm mostly used to him by now.

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