[ Paul is, of course, being incredibly intense about this very silly conversation, and it actually puts Gideon at ease. She's about to let slip something that she's said to people less committed to her secrecy, and for once, she's not as nervous about it as she could be. ]
ok cool thanks
uh so you know how on the ninth theres a big old tomb that we are all supposed to keep watch over keep the door locked rock rolled tomb ever sealed yada yada yada well harrow and i might have busted it open and theres a girl in there
so like hypothetically how would you compete with the abyss of the first the death of the lord etc
[There are several ways that Paul could approach this information, which hits him between the eyes like an axe and fills the resulting gap with so much soft pudding, and what he lands on, in all its absurdity, requires a drastic measure on his part:
Textual emphasis.]
How wouldn't you?
[It's simply no contest, but -]
Hypothetically.
I'd say that one major advantage a person would have in this arena would be the facts of being alive, accessible, and not committed to the undying mission of killing God.
Did she even speak? Another point in favor of the other suitor, if not.
[ Gideon flops down on her pillow, because she isn't technically alive, hates talking about her feelings, and was created specifically to kill God! Fuck this!!! ]
she doesnt i dont think but i mean have you heard me talk i mean yeah i got a way with words but its not
[So they're abandoning the pretense altogether. That makes things very slightly simpler, which is for the best, because a situation that already had seemed complex has become dramatically fraught.]
No one has her way with words.
What matters is that you can speak to her. You're present, not locked away in a tomb in another universe.
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ok cool
thanks
uh
so you know how on the ninth theres a big old tomb that we are all supposed to keep watch over
keep the door locked rock rolled tomb ever sealed yada yada yada
well
harrow and i might have busted it open
and theres a girl in there
so like
hypothetically
how would you compete with the abyss of the first the death of the lord etc
no subject
Textual emphasis.]
How wouldn't you?
[It's simply no contest, but -]
Hypothetically.
I'd say that one major advantage a person would have in this arena would be the facts of being alive, accessible, and not committed to the undying mission of killing God.
Did she even speak? Another point in favor of the other suitor, if not.
no subject
she doesnt i dont think
but i mean have you heard me talk
i mean yeah i got a way with words but its not
you know
harrows way with words
no subject
No one has her way with words.
What matters is that you can speak to her. You're present, not locked away in a tomb in another universe.