(Might as well write while the iron is hot, say I.)
"But why... why me?"
THE FIRE IS WITHIN YOU, the Being boomed. TO BRING JUSTICE TO THE WORLD, TO SMITE THE WICKED, TO DEFEND THE INNOCENT: IS THIS NOT YOUR MOST ABIDING DESIRE?
"...It is. But..." She shook her head. "Every time I try... I know it's not right, it all goes wrong, I can't... I can't..."
IN THIS YOU ARE LACKING: THE ABILITY TO DISCERN WHO IS TRULY AT FAULT.
"...yes."
AND FOR BOTH THESE REASONS, THE DESIRE AND THE LACK, I HAVE SELECTED YOU.
MY POWER IS THAT OF HOLY JUDGEMENT. THE WRATH OF HEAVEN MUST NEVER BE VISITED ON THE INNOCENT--SO IT IS WITHIN MY ABILITIES TO DETERMINE WHO IS AND IS NOT DESERVING OF PUNISHMENT.
THUS SHALL YOU, TOO, BE EMPOWERED TO SEE THE TAINT THAT IS BROUGHT BY SIN. YOU SHALL KNOW THE EVIL THAT LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN--AND YOU SHALL THEN KNOW WHERE AND WHEN TO DIRECT MY CLEANSING LIGHT.
"You can do that? I could do that?!"
IF YOU DESIRE IT, YES. BUT BE WARNED THAT TO SEE THE DARKNESS CAN BE AS MUCH A CURSE AS A BLESSING. YOU WILL LEARN THAT WHICH YOU NEVER WANTED TO KNOW; YOU WILL BE FORCED TO CONFRONT EVIL THAT YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE DESIRED TO FACE. KNOWING THIS, WILL YOU STILL CHOOSE TO WIELD MY POWERS?
A long pause, then: "...Yes. If I can choose between being blind and sighted... it'll be sight. It has to be."
WELL CHOSEN, TENDO AKANE. PREPARE YOURSELF THEN TO RECEIVE THE MANTLE OF THE PROTECTOR OF MANKIND... THE POWERS OF ALEXANDER.
And the void was filled with Light...
--Sam
"No... more... SPLAININ'!"
"But why... why me?"
THE FIRE IS WITHIN YOU, the Being boomed. TO BRING JUSTICE TO THE WORLD, TO SMITE THE WICKED, TO DEFEND THE INNOCENT: IS THIS NOT YOUR MOST ABIDING DESIRE?
"...It is. But..." She shook her head. "Every time I try... I know it's not right, it all goes wrong, I can't... I can't..."
IN THIS YOU ARE LACKING: THE ABILITY TO DISCERN WHO IS TRULY AT FAULT.
"...yes."
AND FOR BOTH THESE REASONS, THE DESIRE AND THE LACK, I HAVE SELECTED YOU.
MY POWER IS THAT OF HOLY JUDGEMENT. THE WRATH OF HEAVEN MUST NEVER BE VISITED ON THE INNOCENT--SO IT IS WITHIN MY ABILITIES TO DETERMINE WHO IS AND IS NOT DESERVING OF PUNISHMENT.
THUS SHALL YOU, TOO, BE EMPOWERED TO SEE THE TAINT THAT IS BROUGHT BY SIN. YOU SHALL KNOW THE EVIL THAT LURKS IN THE HEARTS OF MEN--AND YOU SHALL THEN KNOW WHERE AND WHEN TO DIRECT MY CLEANSING LIGHT.
"You can do that? I could do that?!"
IF YOU DESIRE IT, YES. BUT BE WARNED THAT TO SEE THE DARKNESS CAN BE AS MUCH A CURSE AS A BLESSING. YOU WILL LEARN THAT WHICH YOU NEVER WANTED TO KNOW; YOU WILL BE FORCED TO CONFRONT EVIL THAT YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE DESIRED TO FACE. KNOWING THIS, WILL YOU STILL CHOOSE TO WIELD MY POWERS?
A long pause, then: "...Yes. If I can choose between being blind and sighted... it'll be sight. It has to be."
WELL CHOSEN, TENDO AKANE. PREPARE YOURSELF THEN TO RECEIVE THE MANTLE OF THE PROTECTOR OF MANKIND... THE POWERS OF ALEXANDER.
And the void was filled with Light...
--Sam
"No... more... SPLAININ'!"