And now for Mithos' chapter! (confetti)

Always With Me

I miss you, Martel.

It's always so lonely up here. There are angels everywhere, but all they do is follow orders. Even the few living beings here are stuffy and boring. No one here could ever match your energy – they're all lifeless compared to you.

I've been trying to find a body for you. I know that none of them will ever be as beautiful as the one you had, but I'm doing my best. The Tethe'allans are being uncooperative – imagine, you returning as a man! – but Sylvarant has a promising vessel. She looks so much like you – it hurts just to look at her.

People are still fighting down there. There's still war and discrimination, especially towards half-elves. The humans hate the elves, and the elves hate the humans. Nobles hate paupers, and paupers hate nobles.

These fools don't deserve to be happy. All they ever do is try to steal happiness from the few who actually have it…

You always were better than them, Martel. You were kind, and wise, and beautiful, and alive. And now they've killed you, they've taken you away from me, and I…I'll make them sorry.

You understand, don't you, Martel? You were always better than everyone else. Why should they have any of the goodness that belongs to you, and you alone?

I'll take their beauty and make it yours.

I'll take their knowledge and pour it into you.

I'll take their lives, and make you alive again.

…

That's what you want, right? You'd want them to pay for hurting you, you'd want them to get what they deserve…right? I know you were forgiving, and you were always so nice, but aren't you angry? Didn't they hurt you, too?

You wanted the pain to end. You want all of the discrimination and hate that contaminates the world to cease. And what better way to do that than to make everybody the same? There would be no race, no gender, no individuality…and once those are gone, there's no basis for prejudice. It's the only way to stop it, really.

They should pay. And besides, if I do this, then we'll be together, and I know you want that. We can be alone, the only living things in the entire universe. We'll have our angels to take care of us, and we…and we could take care of each other, too. It would be just like before, only even better! We'd be together, and no one would be around to hurt you…

I know what I have to do. It's going to be hard, and it might take a few more tries, but I know that I can make this happen. I know I can bring you back…

I miss you, Martel.

I miss you so much…

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"...I'm tired. I'm tired of living..." - Mithos Yggdrasill

My, but it's hard to delve into the mind of an insane 4000-year-old…well, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Only one more…