Cult of the Elevated Siblings, a very familiar pep talk.

[Abominant]

Primus Desh to Crasker Matterzhek of the Cult of the Elevated Siblings, Vigilus:

 

Desh: We need heroes, Crasker, and here you are.

Crasker: And what do you sacrifice?

Desh: Calm. Kindness. Kinship. Love.

     I've given up all chance at inner peace. I've made my mind a sunless place. I share my dreams with ghosts.
     I wake up every day to an equation that I wrote years ago to which there is only one conclusion: I'm damned for what I do.

 

     My anger, my ego, my unwillingness to yield, my eagerness to fight- they've set me on a path from which there is no escape. 
     I yearn to be a savior against injustice without contemplating the cost, and by the time I look down, there's no longer any ground beneath my feet.

     What is my sacrifice?

     I'm condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them.

     I burn my decency for someone else's future. I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I'll never see.

     And the ego that started this fight will never have a mirror, or an audience, or the light of gratitude.

 

     So what do I sacrifice...  EVERYTHING!

 

     So stay with me, Crasker.
     I need all the heroes I can get.

Edited July 11, 2023 by Abominant
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