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“I know a great deal,” the Abomination said, its tone unhurried and certain. “When do you think I entered you? I am the only being in this world that understands your origin.”
It had lived inside Ketal since shortly after he arrived in this world, since the long-ago days when he was so weak that even Whitie would have crushed him without effort. From those fragile beginnings until now, the Abomination had been there, silent and coiled.
“I know you,” it continued. “If the others truly grasped what you are, they would beg for mercy and plead with you to keep your distance. I will not bow my head to you, nor will I whimper and cooperate to save myself. I will not do that. That is my pride.”
The words carried a strange note of self-satisfaction, as if it took honor from refusing what any prudent creature would choose.
“Do as you please,” Ketal said with a small shrug.
No matter its bluster, the Abomination lived inside him. It had fused with his Myst to the degree that calling it a part of him was hardly an exaggeration. It could not leave. It had no intention of leaving. Ketal’s Myst reserve had just stepped into the Transcendent realm, and he could manifest Aura without relying on it, so there was no need to force cooperation.
“Even so,” he added after a moment, “I will give you one warning. That is something you must keep to yourself.”
Ketal smiled, and the temperature in the air changed. It was not a metaphor. A settled chill flowed outward from him, the result of emotion concentrating so densely that it shaped the world’s skin. The Holy...
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