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[distant_one]

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audio | un: sds

[fogsong]

[ This message comes in sometime after this network conversation. ]

D, what do you think should be done about Riteior?

voice; un: JustD

[distant_one]

We should kill him if we can, in a way he won't come back from.

But sealing him away for now may be the best option.

[fogsong]

Sealing him away, at least as long as he's fully intact, would just result in this happening all over again, wouldn't it? Some people seem to think killing him would just result in him coming back to get revenge and... [ She falls silent and lets out a sharp huff through her nose. ] I don't get them. I don't get it.

He's a danger. Period. We should do whatever it takes to deal with him. [ People seem so goddamn soft about this to her. ]

[distant_one]

There's a good chance that killing him will just make things worse.

The memory of mine we were trapped in... the Noble he killed didn't fully die. It took over a thousand years, but he became a problem again too.

[fogsong]

Maybe. Probably. But we're not gonna know until we try.

And that made him not a problem for a thousand years. That's not too bad. If we can get even half that here, I'd consider it a win on our part.

[distant_one]

Sealing him could get us a similar amount of time, with the option of keeping an eye on him instead of not knowing where or when he'll become a problem.

We're not in a good position to kill a Pthumerian currently. But it's something we should work on.

[fogsong]

Sealing him is the direction I think we should try first. Obviously. If that doesn't work, we split his soul apart, kill the stronger pieces, and then seal the weakest. If that doesn't work, we try complete death.

I know we still have a ways to go, though.

[distant_one]

I don't know how it works here, but splitting a soul and leaving part of it alive and sealed would be the worst course of action from my view.

Souls don't depart in pieces. You would have to contain each piece, and worry that one piece could free or call the others.

[fogsong]

I'd still like to try it, D.