Techspert

Myriad Reality

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Young Man: You alone? Not your loved ones?

@Memory

*Glares with renewed fire*
By the river. And. Its tributaries... Vipers.

Myriad Reality

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Young Man: You've deliberately chosen injury?

@Memory

Don't take me for a fool. I'm familiar with the ways—to choose that wager, even in victory, I've signed my death warrant. No, once I've won, none of you will be entitled to harm me.
*Flips my scythe and plants the base of the handle into the ground*
By the river and its tributaries.

Myriad Reality

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Old Woman: What terms?

@Memory

Combat. Pick any of your own. Whoever wounds the other is declared the victor.

Myriad Reality

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Young Girl: Not so snappy now?
Old Man: We've made our decision. I assume you've made yours as well, as prescripted in the ancient ways.

@Memory

The ancient ways aren't very favorable to my choices. But I had beyond enough time to decide on a wager on the trip here.

Myriad Reality

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Young Girl: *Rolls my eyes*
Spare us the theatrics. You consider yourself capable, and yet all of our disciples are still alive.

@Memory

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Myriad Reality

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Young Man: Which give us more than enough leeway to determine that you are unworthy of the river.

@Memory

*Narrows my eyes*
This must a joke. As an administrator, I've proven myself to be of the most dedicated.
*Twirls my scythe in my hand*
And capable.

Myriad Reality

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Adult Man: Your technicalities are not enough to justify you. In far too many streams are your diversions of the river's course a blatant overstep. As said, your conduct is not itself the problem. Your reasons are the problem.

@Memory

Decisions made in the tributaries cannot be held against the river's body.
*Bows into a glare*
In accordance with the ancient ways.

Myriad Reality

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Old Woman: You are still a novice of the water.
Adult Man: You seem to think that you can hide yourself. Did you think we wouldn't see?

@Memory

I've committed no violation. Neither of the ways of sand, nor of the ways of water.

Myriad Reality

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*Another woman speaks, peering into a dish*
Perhaps not here and now. But you have four who anchor you, three who can convince you to disrupt the flow, two you would die for, and one you would sacrifice everything to save. You are a violation of the principals.

@Memory

*A frown tugs at my face*
Nonsense. As a master of the sands—

Myriad Reality

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Old Woman: I would watch your belligerence. You've caused us yet another headache.

@Memory

I don't serve under your ilk, nor am I subject to your rules. But your ways fortunately align with mine, and I haven't violated the principals.