Aesera immediately located Kanako. She didn't have to explain anything, though; she'd relayed everything Nanaya had said through their link. "Even I think things are starting to get crazy," Kanako said.
"It does explain something, though," Aesera said. " thought there may be some reason it was us specifically, and it turns out that I was right. I think that next, we need to try and determine who came from each got, but I don't think that'll be easy. When the... 'awakening', let's call it. When that happened, I heard a voice say that I had 'his mind'. That's really the only clue I have to go on. I assume that the others heard similar things, though, so that might be the first step. If nothing else, we can probably narrow dow th possibilities just by seeing who heard 'his' and who heard 'her'. Before we do that, though, there's something that has to be explained to everyone. Only Newan and I were in the room when Nanaya said that she was from the 'Firstborn of God', so the others don't know, and I doubt that even Newan realizes just what this means."
"And what does it mean?"
"Consider the fact that Nanaya was aware of her 'other self'. It was this other self, who she called 'Katelin', that told her where to wait for us. She's been in direct contack with her other self. She's different, and if the whole 'Firstborn of God' thing means anything, which it almost certainly does, then she needs to be our first priority."
"Meaning?"
"Meaning that the others are not going to readily accept what has to be done. If we lose this fight, that's it. Everything's gone, as corny and cliched as that sounds. And based on what I've heard so far, I believe that if Nanaya-and thus Katelin-is killed, we lose. If I am in a situation where I need to sacrifice my life in order to save Nanaya's, it would not be a choice between my death and hers. It would be a choice between my death and everyone's. I have accepted this, and the others will also need to do so, because Nanaya's life is more important than any of ours. Everyone needs to know that if they would have to to die in order to protect Nanaya, then they need to do precicely that."
There was a silence. "Well," Kanako said eventually, "that's, um..."
"An unfortunate truth. Come, let us tell the others. I have no doubt that they will resist the idea, but they still need to be told."
"Um, right." Kanako folloew behind Aesera, the two of them proceeding to the rooms of the others to see if anyone was there.
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OOC: If anyone wants to run into Aesera, feel free.
