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I cannot resurrect him. I have tried so hard. The City's [[Warlock]]s and [[thanatonaut]]s answered all my desperate questions, even when I began to ask if he could be destroyed. At least if he were gone, unmade, then I could make him again… | I cannot resurrect him. I have tried so hard. The City's [[Warlock]]s and [[thanatonaut]]s answered all my desperate questions, even when I began to ask if he could be destroyed. At least if he were gone, unmade, then I could make him again… | ||
Why can't I bring him back? If a Guardian falls into Titan's methane sea, they do not die instantly, but we can still bring them back on the arcology. If a Guardian hurls themself off their ship into space, do we need to wait for them to disintegrate in the solar wind before we bring them back? No. No. It was never hard before! I see him right there, and he seems so close! All I was ever meant to be was his Ghost! | Why can't I bring him back? If a Guardian falls into [[Titan]]'s methane sea, they do not die instantly, but we can still bring them back on the [[New Pacific Arcology|arcology]]. If a Guardian hurls themself off their ship into space, do we need to wait for them to disintegrate in the solar wind before we bring them back? No. No. It was never hard before! I see him right there, and he seems so close! All I was ever meant to be was his Ghost! | ||
But all Ghosts know there are places where we cannot bring our Guardians back to life. And this is one of them. Why? Is the Darkness gathered against us here? Is the Light too weak? | But all Ghosts know there are places where we cannot bring our Guardians back to life. And this is one of them. Why? Is the [[Darkness]] gathered against us here? Is the Light too weak? | ||
I think I know why. Some share my theory. What do we do when we bring our Guardians back? What is the magical heart of the process? Are we like the City's probability kilns, twisting the quantum vacuum in our favor to yield matter? | I think I know why. Some share my theory. What do we do when we bring our Guardians back? What is the magical heart of the process? Are we like the City's probability kilns, twisting the quantum vacuum in our favor to yield matter? | ||
Perhaps. Perhaps. But certain members of a cult I shall not directly name have their own specific interpretation of this process. "When you bring him back," they told me, "you must have a template… an image to provide you with the information you need. Where do you find that template? | Perhaps. Perhaps. But certain members of a [[Cult of Osiris|cult]] I shall not directly name have their own specific interpretation of this process. "When you bring him back," they told me, "you must have a template… an image to provide you with the information you need. Where do you find that template? | ||
"Simply in a neighboring timeline. A place where he is still alive and intact. And wherever there is great danger, wherever the probability of death is too high, then those timelines become scarce and hard to reach. And so you find the zones where Guardians cannot easily be remade." | "Simply in a neighboring timeline. A place where he is still alive and intact. And wherever there is great danger, wherever the probability of death is too high, then those timelines become scarce and hard to reach. And so you find the zones where Guardians cannot easily be remade." | ||