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[goddamnemperor]

Do you want to die?

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[helenesque]

Rude . . .

[helenesque]

I'd wait and see if I were you.

[goddamnemperor]

True, nothing will be gained from hasty conclusions.

[helenesque]

Time might have passed for all sorts of people who weren't you - or whatever goes on in your head - but we're all a bit selfish. It's different when it's us.

[goddamnemperor]

I'm no ghost.

[helenesque]

Don't pretend you're untouchable then.

[goddamnemperor]

I don't want to be touched.

[helenesque]

Isn't that different?

[goddamnemperor]

... Yes. I went off-topic. My apologies.

[helenesque]

It's more a tangent. You don't want to be touched, so you pretend you can't be. I did that too, you know. Not your way. But my own way.

[goddamnemperor]

The consequences are great, Ganymede. I will not let humanity suffer simply because I am left wanting.

[helenesque]

I'm pretty simple, for all that I'm old. I'm not that smart. But I've seen gods. And I've seen what happens when they're lonely. And people suffer as much then. I suffered.

[goddamnemperor]

I cannot say I will not do the same, but if I stray, then everyone will suffer.

[helenesque]

...

Anyone strong enough to put someone in a cage can become like Apollo. Anyone weak enough to let it happen can become like me. We worked out our differences in the end, but . . . you should try to find some kind of middle answer to this, I think. Because it isn't worth the pain it causes either way.

[goddamnemperor]

I've made my choice.

[helenesque]

What, and that makes it set in stone? Don't be so dramatic.