06-23-2022, 22:55:07 PM
"Oh, no, nonononono. I don't use fire. Period. It's too unpredictable." She moved her gaze back to the lizard men, sweat emerging from the fur on her face as her grip on her argument slipped. "I'm not-I don't mean that I'm afraid in that way, I just-Just because you have power over nature now doesn't mean you've wonI! No civilization lasts forever. If they did, I would still be with the ancient Greeks I was born to. In centuries' time, your buildings will be overgrown and crumbling."
"Your rye story, though, that's correct. That's what happens when mortals and nature coexist instead of trampling each other. It's not that I'm trapped in fear of the harsher parts, it's that I choose to accept it all as my brethren and never want to take more than I need, because otherwise I'm no better than some capitalist deliberately setting everything ablaze."
Then she looked at Taira.
"Oh, who's faking anything? I really did get clawed to pieces by a Raccoon and I AM a nature spirit? Hasn't anyone been paying attention to the way plant life moves when I will it to?" She pointed to that clump of weeds she resurrected earlier, then to the grass that was now clawing at her ankles. "Wait, I'm not controlling the gra-Ow. Ow! Look what you've done, lizard people! Now nature is starting to doubt my loyalty to it!"
"Your rye story, though, that's correct. That's what happens when mortals and nature coexist instead of trampling each other. It's not that I'm trapped in fear of the harsher parts, it's that I choose to accept it all as my brethren and never want to take more than I need, because otherwise I'm no better than some capitalist deliberately setting everything ablaze."
Then she looked at Taira.
"Oh, who's faking anything? I really did get clawed to pieces by a Raccoon and I AM a nature spirit? Hasn't anyone been paying attention to the way plant life moves when I will it to?" She pointed to that clump of weeds she resurrected earlier, then to the grass that was now clawing at her ankles. "Wait, I'm not controlling the gra-Ow. Ow! Look what you've done, lizard people! Now nature is starting to doubt my loyalty to it!"
If you hear about someone putting characters through intense despair and misery, then that someone is probably me.