Fifth Candelabram - Phone

[devilwithananny]

They say to be careful what you wish for.

I wonder if those who the town has chosen to spirit away think, still, that they got what they were promised.

Then again.

Nothing good ever comes from listening to voices promising false hope.

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[kinships]

I don't believe it, there is no reason to trust what's been said at face value.

[devilwithananny]

I doubt they're gone for good. That would be wasteful.

It does not change the fact that their sacrifice was a vain one.

[kinships]

Do you think so? The power has come back, and that's what they supposedly left for.

[devilwithananny]

Has it truly not occurred to you that our captors may have been suppressing the power until now and then did this solely to test what others would do?

[kinships]

Of course it has. But without evidence either way, we can't rule out any possibility.

[devilwithananny]

Why try to uphold foolish sacrifice, then?

[kinships]

Why not?

I would rather believe that those who have been taken and altered, at least have some meaning to their state.

[devilwithananny]

The meaning of their state is that they're a testament to being gullible and foolish.

That is the meaning.

[kinships]

You think it's gullible and foolish to give up for the people you care about?

[Cain does, he completely agrees, but he's playing devil's advocate (oh the irony...)]

[devilwithananny]

Yes, I do.

Especially for something as ridiculous as was promised.

[kinships]

Do you know exactly what was promised? They could have been offered so much more than a mere return of power.

[devilwithananny]

I know.

They were offered the chance to make everything better. For everything they had seen, all the people they'd care about, to have true happiness.

I had a dream, as well, and was offered the same deal.

[kinships]

[He quietly files away what that says about Louis, about his attachments and morals. Very interesting... though Cain cannot say he might not have refused as well, depending on how the outcome had affected Abel.]

Then can't you understand why some did choose that? After all, family and friends can mean more than life itself to some.

[devilwithananny]

Yes. They can.

But here, why would you assume it as something other than deceit?

[And it didn't help that Lucifer thought the person who appeared in his dream was an abject liar, regardless.]

[kinships]

Why would you not assume it was the truth?

Some people are naturally trusting, giving. [Stupid.]

[devilwithananny]

Someone would have to be beyond the pale of egotistical to believe their existence matters so much that removing it could pave the way to eternal bliss.