"Cool. I was thinking maybe I'd ascend to godhood without pausing at the 'politics' step."
"Ascending to godhood is a thing on Materia. Although it's possible my aura will get in the way of it, I don't really know how it works."
"What," says Sue.
"You could withdraw your aura and hope she doesn't notice. I think the door will take us right back to that part of Emily whatever we do, though we can teleport to your field immediately after going through if you like."
"I guess we can do it that way. At least the epic part of my aura does withdraw. I wouldn't want to be brandishing that around Callahan either."
"Whatever Glass says about torching having absoluteness that would stand a chance against even the causal irregularity. Yeah."
"I haven't tried it personally, but I have many negatively valenced memories of it and very few positive ones," remarks Elspeth.
"Not wanting to talk about things is not usually a thing with me. There's a case of triumph from a fellow who managed to commit seppuku before the vampires got him and was only barely alive when Aro reached him, a case of pain asymbolia, and one masochist who might have approached your level."
"Fighting off Mongols. She even succeeded, survived the stabbing, and lived another three years before being eaten by vampires."