She watches him as he moves, hoping she can glean something from him. Alas, he's difficult to read like this. She doesn't doubt his mind is a whirlwind, she images her's would be as well if someone was dumping her future on her.
"Thank you." She takes a long few gulps from the glass, nearly draining it in one go before continuing.
"It was no longer bleeding out of me thanks to Ardbert rejoining with me." She suspects she could have arrived here right after rejoining with Ardbert and not be at risk of changing. "But to answer your question, a weapon made of pure aether was how we defeated Ascians in the past. So creating a weapon of Light came naturally."
She shifts, wincing a little to refill the glass, holding onto it to give her hands something to do.
"After, we began looking for a way to return the Scions back to the Source. Though Elidibus had his own plans and tried to start tipping the First back toward Light. He was dealt with, though not like everyone else. His soul was trapped within the Crystal Tower before it had a chance to go anywhere." A fact that would be important later.
"Shortly after, I returned to the Source with crystals that held everyone's essence and they soon awoke. Things didn't remain calm for long after that, however." Why would they? She feels as if she's destined to never know quiet days.
"During our absence from the Source, Zenos had cut down the Emporer and plunged Garlemald into chaos. Alongside him was Fandaniel who was set on restarting the Final Days. All he needed was the aether to free Zodiark and kill him." She lowers her head and stares at the glass in her hand. "I unwittingly helped him with that. I think originally he'd planned to have Zenos become one with Zodiark so he could fight me but Fandaniel threw himself into the prison instead. As you can imagine, it didn't take long for the hells themselves to erupt on the Star."
She takes a sip. She's skipping a lot, but it doesn't seem all that important to the recounting. If he wants to know the details he can ask. "The answer to the Final Days obviously lay in the past, but the only clue we had was a flower. One known as an Elpis flower. So I returned to the First, to the Crystal Tower, what remained of Elidibus was able to use the Tower to send me to the Elpis of your day. And my timing couldn't have been better as you and Hythlodaeus were visiting to recruit Hermes to the seat of Fandaniel."
She smiles a little. It'd been nice to see some of the past in a peaceful state, what she wouldn't give to see more of the old Etheirys. The smile doesn't last, however, as she continues.
"I'm not sure how much to say of my visit, I know you don't remember any of it because of Hermes. But the gist of it is that the Final Days was due to a creation of his. Meteion, a group of bird-like creations that he'd made to be thin of aether so that they could interact with another energy, dynamis. An energy driven by emotion, something we of the future are able to interact with much more easily thanks to our thin aether. He wanted to know why others lived, what kept them looking forward to the next day. He felt that answer couldn't be found on Ehteirys so he sent the Meteia out into the universe to find the answer.
Do you know what they found?" She looks up at him as she waits for his response.
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"Thank you." She takes a long few gulps from the glass, nearly draining it in one go before continuing.
"It was no longer bleeding out of me thanks to Ardbert rejoining with me." She suspects she could have arrived here right after rejoining with Ardbert and not be at risk of changing. "But to answer your question, a weapon made of pure aether was how we defeated Ascians in the past. So creating a weapon of Light came naturally."
She shifts, wincing a little to refill the glass, holding onto it to give her hands something to do.
"After, we began looking for a way to return the Scions back to the Source. Though Elidibus had his own plans and tried to start tipping the First back toward Light. He was dealt with, though not like everyone else. His soul was trapped within the Crystal Tower before it had a chance to go anywhere." A fact that would be important later.
"Shortly after, I returned to the Source with crystals that held everyone's essence and they soon awoke. Things didn't remain calm for long after that, however." Why would they? She feels as if she's destined to never know quiet days.
"During our absence from the Source, Zenos had cut down the Emporer and plunged Garlemald into chaos. Alongside him was Fandaniel who was set on restarting the Final Days. All he needed was the aether to free Zodiark and kill him." She lowers her head and stares at the glass in her hand. "I unwittingly helped him with that. I think originally he'd planned to have Zenos become one with Zodiark so he could fight me but Fandaniel threw himself into the prison instead. As you can imagine, it didn't take long for the hells themselves to erupt on the Star."
She takes a sip. She's skipping a lot, but it doesn't seem all that important to the recounting. If he wants to know the details he can ask. "The answer to the Final Days obviously lay in the past, but the only clue we had was a flower. One known as an Elpis flower. So I returned to the First, to the Crystal Tower, what remained of Elidibus was able to use the Tower to send me to the Elpis of your day. And my timing couldn't have been better as you and Hythlodaeus were visiting to recruit Hermes to the seat of Fandaniel."
She smiles a little. It'd been nice to see some of the past in a peaceful state, what she wouldn't give to see more of the old Etheirys. The smile doesn't last, however, as she continues.
"I'm not sure how much to say of my visit, I know you don't remember any of it because of Hermes. But the gist of it is that the Final Days was due to a creation of his. Meteion, a group of bird-like creations that he'd made to be thin of aether so that they could interact with another energy, dynamis. An energy driven by emotion, something we of the future are able to interact with much more easily thanks to our thin aether. He wanted to know why others lived, what kept them looking forward to the next day. He felt that answer couldn't be found on Ehteirys so he sent the Meteia out into the universe to find the answer.
Do you know what they found?" She looks up at him as she waits for his response.