[hr][hr][center][h1][b][i][color=a0522d]Gilbert Summers[/color][/i][/b][/h1][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/7ce4ca94-0d5e-43f5-8071-e86d5da5d2c1.png[/img][hr][b][color=sienna]Location:[/color][/b] PE Fade Between (walking toward tree)
[b][color=a0522d]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A [hr][/center]

	There was a fierce look in Gilbert's eyes as Judgement spoke. Contained behind a face otherwise seemingly at ease, smiling even, as if one was looking at a tiger pacing back and forth behind the bars of a cage, and that tiger was staring back with ravenous intentions. Pseudo-religious rhetoric that served to delay the outset of their journey, when in all honesty, Gilbert would much rather have been back at the Plantation, training the newer Paradoxes and working on Sophia's new hand like he damn well wanted them to do from the outset. Granted, no one could have done a thing about the collapse of time and space as they knew it, but at this point it was the principle of the thing. And now, he would rather be on his way to this reality's conception of Purgatory, or Punishment, or whatever dark and foreboding corner of metaphysical existence his family was in. 

	This was a revelation, of sorts. Gil knew full well when Evelina became aware of herself. The idea of Judgement was far older than that. Gilbert himself gained his consciousness at the dawn of human civilization, maybe giving him an increased appreciation for both Humanity and Civilization overall. It could even be said that these two concepts made him who he was, even though he was once a destroyer of both. But more to the point, this idea of Justice was a far older thing than civilization, ergo far older than himself. Which meant older than Evelina. And before this, the stranger in the blindfold was called "The Dice". Were there Emendators before him? He had always thought he was the first. How interesting. 

	Then again, this sort of conjecture was dangerous. Foolhardy. Immaterial to their present situation, even if a shred of it was correct. Good to file away for later. And yet, this seemed so familiar somehow. It always was, during what he referred to as his "First Lifetime", that whenever he went on some epically heroic undertaking, a woman would preset herself in a cryptic manner as a guide or to test him, even if that test was merely resolve. The full meaning of the words spoken were rarely apparent until some time after. 

	Wait, was there another Hat before him? What kind of an asshole was [i]he[/i] like?

	Questions aside, there was literally only one place for them to go now. Choice made. Gilbert tipped his cap in the general direction of the place where Judgement had disappeared, intoning, [color=a0522d]"Madame,"[/color] and turning back in the direction he was heading to begin with. [color=a0522d]"I agree with The Watch,"[/color] he stated flatly, and looked to the Paradoxes in the group, nodding knowingly before setting back off. Perhaps it was that he agreed with or knew of their confusion, it was hard to say from so vague a motion. 

	The concerns of Andromeda did draw more out of him, though his voice was more tense than usual as he spoke. [color=a0522d]"You are right to question, Andromeda. Please do not come to conclusions too quickly. None of us knows how this works. Not really. I can tell you this: That was not Evelina. She is in that direction,"[/color] he motioned toward the tree in the distance, [color=a0522d]"and she is very far away by my ability to detect. She said that long before she was Justice, she was called The Dice. The true implications I can only suspect."[/color] Oh, but he did have his suspicions. 

	The idea of Gil becoming Ares did bring a slight smile to his face, though it was short lived. [color=a0522d]"Ares? Never met her."[/color] But he did offer, [color=a0522d]"In a way, you might be correct. The commonly accepted idea of Ares took a little influence from me. I believe that I am prettier."[/color] Sarcasm, disarming or no, probably didn't help their situation. [color=a0522d]"Apologies. Yes, that happened. She is gone now, and our course has not changed. If you wish to continue discussing it, please, let us do so as we walk."[/color] He continued along his path, speaking still, [color=a0522d]"I do not believe I will ever be deified, if that is what you are asking. Humanity tried the first time, and they were apparently only partly successful."[/color]