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Narinder is just living his life in the cult. But one night when he slept, he dreamt. He saw the crowns of the old faith, the crowns of his siblings. "Narinder..." said a somewhat familiar voice. "You know you wanted this..." "Wanted what?!" Narinder said. "Did you forget? You wanted... power." Narinder realized what this being was trying to do. "You won't make me! That damned Lamb can kill you when they want." "I know."
Narinder woke up. He was breathing heavy, like he had a nightmare. The Lamb saw him in that state and wondered what was going on. They asked what was going on. "What is going on, Nari?" Narinder wanted to tell the truth about what's going on, but decided against it. "Nothing that you would be interested in." Narinder let himself out of the room. He did his daily duties, like the day before.
The same thing happened that night. "What are you trying to do?!" Narinder said. "Isn't it obvious? With your siblings dead, the crowns are yours for the taking," that being said. "Come on, Narinder. you wanted this. TAKE THEM." Narinder smirked. "I suppose you're right. I did want more power. But... that damned lamb will stop me." "He can be taken care of." Narinder realized what he was doing and said "Wait, NO!" He woke up in the same state as yesterday.
That happened one more night. "Stop invading my mind!" "Well, take the crowns..." "STOP TRYING TO CONVINCE ME TO TAKE THE CROWNS!" He then realized, there is no way out of this. "Narinder, let me tell you something. I can stop time, but only for 2 minutes at a time." Narinder gave in. "Ok. I will take the crowns. When this is done, I will be the most powerful god ever." "I will stop time when you are near the crowns. Got it?"
"Got it."
That morning, Narinder went to walk by the crowns. Suddenly, time stopped. "This is my chance," he thought. He grabbed the green crown, and took it to his bed. He then realized that there were no replacements, and the lamb would know. Suddenly, a fake appeared in his hand. He put it on the stand. Narinder suddenly thought, "Why would the lamb put the crowns out in the open?" Narinder did the same to the rest of the crowns, taking and replacing. There were around 30 seconds left on the time stop. Narinder took a deep breath, and put Leshy's crown on.