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[Dhaos is, as a general rule, not a social person. He certainly doesn't mind being surrounded by people, but when most of the residents of Luceti are human he finds himself half-wishing he could strangle some of the people around him. As such, he's spent an awful lot of time in his apartment for the past few weeks, dwelling over the latest experiment and pretty much waiting for himself to calm down.

He really was powerless here. Even if he had been weakened by mana deprivation and injury, the Demon King of Aselia controlled his own fate, made his own decisions, chose his own path. But here, the Malnosso could do as they wished-- they could transform his body and erase his memories, wipe the urgency of Derris-Kharlan's situation from his mind, give his heart to another woman. Dhaos had always been in control of his own fate, and the fates of others as well, and the change was... upsetting.

Although, as Dhaos once realized with an unhappy surprise, it was something of a relief not to be the one responsible for the lives and deaths of others...

Anyway, now that it's been long enough for Dhaos to think back on the experiment without throwing a fit or something similar, it's time to get something he's been wondering about straight. This is his first time using a filter, so he's not sure he has it done correctly, but he does his best.]

[Written, Filtered to Martel: 70% Unhackable]

I need to speak to you.

[Written, Unfiltered]

What are your worlds called? Do the people of different regions call it something different? Is there a meaning behind the name, or has it been lost to the ages?

[And after a minute:]

And if there is anyone else here from Derris-Kharlan, I would like to know.

[And he can be found reading in the library/on top of the library. It's been a little while and he still hasn't read up on any of the other worlds, so he's rectifying that today. And as always, feel free to find him stargazing at night.]

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The Heavens are where the gods reside in my world. Mortals live in The Lower World, or Under Heaven. I'd imagine it was so named due to the arrogance of the gods, as much as its position.

The general consensus seems to be that the gods have every right to be arrogant. [He's never met one, of course, but he would very much hope they were more reasonable than the beings they supposedly created.]

Then I'd assume you'd never met one before now. [Although Homura is aware that not all gods are like the ones he knows.] You might be significantly unimpressed.

You assume correctly.

That thought worries me.

Oh? Do you rely heavily on the gods, or is there some otherreason for your concern?

If the beings who supposedly govern the world are arrogant and selfish, it goes without saying that the world itself is unlikely to flourish very easily.

[Pause.] And besides that, power and foolishness never make for good combinations.

No, probably not. But what would make the mortal existence "easy," while still maintaining its meaningfulness?

Indeed.

[...This is true.] The gods are hardly under any obligation to make mortal existence more difficult.

The gods have no obligation to affect mortal existence at all, or so is the prevalent attitude in the Heavens. And those among the mortals who were truly wise would be happy to have it that way. The best among them rely not on the gods, but only their own strength and their own will to make their way through life.

I very much doubt that there are many people who expect the gods to do everything for them: they simply wish to believe that there is some higher force that would like them to succeed. A wishful sort of thinking, but enough to keep one going forward.

Of course, if aforementioned higher force is less than helpful, then lack of interference is not a bad thing.

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