∝Transmission 036: Endgame--Fear

[gauntletmods]

[for a while, Xacarb ignores everyone's words, demeaning it pointless prattle and continues to go about its work. it does have a lot of energy to gather and monitor how well the Gate will disperse all this energy, after all. however...it starts to notice the Gate's hum start to soften ever so slowly, the light growing dimmer and dimmer.] No...

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[by_my_will]

You're the last of your kind...? [For some reason, that hit a chord with Tieria. For most of his life, he'd thought he was the only one. And, even after finding others, he realized he wasn't like them at all. In a way, he was alone, too.]

You don't have to be lonely. Stop isolating yourself.

[gauntletmods]

I am the last, but I am far from being lonely. I have always watched the life in the universe carefully and studied it closely, adopting the forms of the beings there. But while I did that, left my work to periodically check the well-being of the lifeforms in this universe, I had no others to continue the progress I was making.

That is all.

[then Xacarb turns its back on Tieria]

[by_my_will]

All? But that's not all, is it? You're sacrificing the lives of others for what? Your own selfish desires, to alleviate your own fears. Just what is it that you fear, Xacarb? Is it loneliness? Is it obscurity? What are you trying to achieve?

[gauntletmods]

It is far from loneliness. I yearn for the universe's continued existence so I may study it for as long as I can. There is far too much to see and learn still, and I am not giving up that opportunity!

[by_my_will]

For what gain? Are you trying to become a god?

[gauntletmods]

I am simply trying to live!

[by_my_will]

Isn't there a way for you to live without taking the lives of others?