We were all followers of a great sage... Rezo, the Red Priest. He was a miracle-worker who could cure nearly any ailment, but unknown to most of the world, he had a darker side.
It was he who turned me into this. [He looks down at his stone hand, which clenches into a fist. Hunter would have seen his human face in that memory, in contrast.] ... I wanted revenge.
[Oh... Yeah. Okay. His expression shifts, from surprised to just. Completely understanding.]
So he manipulated everyone into thinking he was good, even though it was the furthest thing from the truth. I know the type. [A huff.] I'm sorry you only figured it out after he hurt you, Zelgadis.
[He sees nothing wrong with getting a little revenge against manipulative assholes? But speaking of betrayals— finally flings a mem at you.]
[Huh. Maybe this is why people are so understanding of Zelgadis's villain-turned-traitor-turned-mysterious-loner arc... Looks a bit like Hunter's got some experience being the bad guy, too.]
... What was that thing? Looked like you wanted it pretty badly.
[Haha, well, he looks absolutely mortified after watching himself slap that betray button. Past-Hunter is giving cringe.
He pinches the bridge of his nose, sighing.]
A key filled with Titan's Blood. It's... a magical substance. The only thing powerful enough to bridge the gap between the human realm and the demon realm.
He... consumed palismen souls. [Haltingly.] To gain power. It turned him into some kind of... sludge monster. He always said it was a curse, and I believed him, but he did that all to himself.
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They're gone now. All of them.
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... Oh, Titan. I'm really sorry, Zelgadis.
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[JUST. OH.]
... Is this, uh, is this what happened with the fish?
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It was he who turned me into this. [He looks down at his stone hand, which clenches into a fist. Hunter would have seen his human face in that memory, in contrast.] ... I wanted revenge.
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So he manipulated everyone into thinking he was good, even though it was the furthest thing from the truth. I know the type. [A huff.] I'm sorry you only figured it out after he hurt you, Zelgadis.
[He sees nothing wrong with getting a little revenge against manipulative assholes? But speaking of betrayals— finally flings a mem at you.]
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... What was that thing? Looked like you wanted it pretty badly.
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He pinches the bridge of his nose, sighing.]
A key filled with Titan's Blood. It's... a magical substance. The only thing powerful enough to bridge the gap between the human realm and the demon realm.
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[Blood, from the titan?]
... What did you need to use it for?
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It's exactly what it sounds like. The blood of the Titan itself.
[So very rare, very powerful.]
Belos, the... former Emperor of the Boiling Isles, needed the blood to build a portal to the human realm.
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He... consumed palismen souls. [Haltingly.] To gain power. It turned him into some kind of... sludge monster. He always said it was a curse, and I believed him, but he did that all to himself.