Valiance

Myriad Reality

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Your idealism will get you killed, you know.

@Artifact

Grief is a sickness. And if you attack more than just the cause, you’re bound to spread it.
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The exact individuals who wronged you. Do you know what happened to them?

Myriad Reality

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I don’t realize why you care so much about a creature worth less than dirt. I’m doing the universe a favor here.

@Artifact

I don’t. I don’t care about these people at all. But no one deserves the tragedies you’ve endured. Even if it’s at your own hands.

Myriad Reality

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Why do you care who it is?

@Artifact

Taking someone innocent makes me no better than the people I’ve sworn my life to bringing to justice. And if we’re going to build you back up to what you used to be, or even better, then we’re going to do it better. Do it right.

Myriad Reality

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Not this time. Where’s that stop you want to make?

@Artifact

Then I will be the picky one. And the “where” is hard to explain, but we’ll get to it after we’ve helped you.

Myriad Reality

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*From within the gate, rolling hills adorned with gems and precious metals fill the landscape in every direction, dotted with cities scattered on the horizon*
I may be worse off than when we met, but I don’t have a death wish yet. From here, we track down one of the residents and call it a day.

@Artifact

You aren't picky?

Myriad Reality

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*Sighs, wincing as I tap one of the burns*
Nice job out there. You just might live up to expectations.

@Artifact

Don’t get too banged up before we’re done. I’d like to make a stop of my own before we retire, and you’ll need to be in one piece.

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Yeah. And it only gets easier from here.

@Artifact

How much easier?

Myriad Reality

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*Rebuilds myself gradually and returns to my post, protecting the undamaged gate*

@Nimda

No exaggeration, “machine-like”…

Myriad Reality

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Well done!
*Yanks my arm out of the damaged core and bursts through the opening you make*

@Artifact

*Rolls through the opening immediately afterward and faces the guardian through the crack*

Myriad Reality

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*The gates creaks and gives, inch by inch*

@Artifact

*Presses into it with my full body*
That’s it.

Myriad Reality

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Make it quick! This one isn't staying dead!

@Artifact

I never wanted to kill it anyway.
*Flips to my feet, leans back and then lurches forward, gripping the gate and digging my fingers into the material*