Yes... but this leaves them open to corruption all the same. These ayakashi are what plague this land and it is our responsibility to protect the mortals from their influence.
[ Those memories though... that would make him a god. She listens, nodding on occasion though her attention seems to be on her hands placed on her lap. She knows this feeling. She knows it all too well. What if she had been there in time? What if she had been able to save this child? Was she truly the mightiest war god to allow these deaths? But her hand remains on his shoulder; a show of sympathy from one god to another. ]
Those memories belong to your shinki. I'm afraid they're anything but delusions but are, as you've discerned, memories.
[ And with that, she'll withdraw her hand and place it back on her lap. ]
The knowledge of your shinki's death is the god's greatest secret... and perhaps the burden we must carry as their gods. Knowledge of their death may drive them mad, to the point of being consumed by madness and ending up as ayakashi themselves. It would be wise to heed your heart.
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[ Those memories though... that would make him a god. She listens, nodding on occasion though her attention seems to be on her hands placed on her lap. She knows this feeling. She knows it all too well. What if she had been there in time? What if she had been able to save this child? Was she truly the mightiest war god to allow these deaths? But her hand remains on his shoulder; a show of sympathy from one god to another. ]
Those memories belong to your shinki. I'm afraid they're anything but delusions but are, as you've discerned, memories.
[ And with that, she'll withdraw her hand and place it back on her lap. ]
The knowledge of your shinki's death is the god's greatest secret... and perhaps the burden we must carry as their gods. Knowledge of their death may drive them mad, to the point of being consumed by madness and ending up as ayakashi themselves. It would be wise to heed your heart.