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“O Eyes of the Goddess, the Sun and Moon who watch over all creation.”
So read the opening line of the scripture. One eye watched over the day, the other over the night. The sun and the moon were the divine gaze that saw all things from a place forever beyond human reach.
If both eyes were open, mortals would be blinded by the radiance. And so, the merciful Goddess always keeps one eye closed.
“Always give thanks—for the open eye is Her sacred love, and the closed eye, Her gentle compassion.”
However, toward the end of the scripture, it issued a warning.
“Always fear—for when the Goddess opens both Her eyes, all the shadows and darkness of the world shall be swept away. No sin can hide, no mercy shall remain. Only those who walked the righteous path may stand unashamed before Her.”
The Goddess was not just a god of mercy. To the sinner, punishment. To the wicked, judgment. As with all things in the world, there was another side to Her. Mercy without shadow was no different from violence.
“On the day when both the sun and moon rise together, those who look skyward shall fall to their knees and pray.”
Leon opened his eyes with the final verse still on his lips. It was blinding.
At some point, golden light had flooded the chamber. Two radiant spheres spun in harmony across the ceiling, and from Leon’s feet, waves of divine light surged outward, incinerating the murky aura unique to exolaw.
The exolaw wielders were already being overwhelmed....
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