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With matters of one's heart and soul so close in mind, due to the recent holiday and all the romantic connotations therein, I ask that you forgive the possibly morbid nature of the question I have for you tonight:

The state or condition of one's soul is often brought into question when their deeds are brought to light or held up for scrutiny; the concept of the damned and those destined for salvation aren't new concepts by far. However, I have to ask what that means for all of you - do you accept your soul as existing only as a metaphysical concept, a matter of faith, something unproven and intangible? Or is it something undeniable where you come from, not a matter of faith but rather proven to exist? Does it fail to exist for you at all?

Or, perhaps, is it something else entirely - something that was rendered from one of the above options into another?

I suppose I should apologize for such heavy subject matter; I imagine some will find it rude to attempt to quantify such a thing. However, it's been something I've had reason to consider lately, so no apology is forthcoming.

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doubt you'd believe it if I told you

[He knows he had trouble believing it even when he saw it with his very own eyes.]

That honestly sums up most of my own life experiences.

Try me.

[... Well okay then, but where does he even start with-- actually, screw that, he'll just get straight to the point.]

some people can summon gods but that requires a sacrifice of human souls.

saw that happen multiple times.

...let's say that I have very valid reasons to believe you, Mr. Hogan. I haven't seen it multiple times, but once was quite enough.

[... Shit. Now Kimblee has Crow's full sympathy, because it's not something he would wish for anyone to see. Probably one of his least pleasant experiences, and he's had a number of those to choose from.]

sorry to hear that

but yeah it sure is

Don't be sorry; there's no reason. It was what it was at the time; the world I'm from isn't exactly a kind place, and by the time it happened things had escalated to the point that something like that was almost expected.

There comes a threshold beyond which nothing can surprise you, if that makes any sense; Amestris as a whole had gone well past that point years ago, as I'm concerned.

doesn't make it right

I guess Neo Domino is kinda like that too

Fair enough, I suppose.

What was the point of that summoning in your world, by the way - what were the summoners trying to accomplish?

killing the person they were fighting against

and eventually destroying the world I guess

[Though as far as he knows, that would have been more of a byproduct; most of the Dark Signers seemed to be far too focused on getting their revenge to think of the consequences that laid ahead.

... Or so he believes.]

I'm not surprised. Most who are insane enough to attempt to summon some sort of god in the first place are insane enough to not care if the world is destroyed, if that isn't their explicitly-stated goal in the first place.

[... While Crow himself feels perfectly sane, thank you very much, he can't help but agree with that statement.]

pretty much

what was it for in your world?

if you don't mind me asking

It was to prove the superiority of the sect in question; they wanted to use the god they were summoning against humanity as a whole, to prove their right to inherit the world and remake it as they saw fit.

They weren't successful; I've been told that much by someone who had the means to know and no reason to lie about it.

sounds familiar

[Way too familiar.]

good thing they failed

gods aren't the ones to decide the fate of the world

[...Crow, what the fuck

that was flat-out profound]

As much as I'm sure that at least a few people here would disagree with you on that point, I'm not one of them.

[... he has his moments okay]

bet they've never seen a god in their lives

To be fair, I doubt most have.

yeah

that's why I said it's faith for most in the first place

Fair enough.

Do you know how this conflict in your world turned out, or is that yet to be determined?

sure do

the gods were defeated and sealed back where they belong

Ah, is that so? Good to know, then.

Am I to assume you had a part in this?

[... That wasn't part of the plan.

Crow takes a moment replying to that, mainly because... well, it's not something he usually talks about; though seeing as their conversation got this far already and Kimblee seems to have figured it out anyway, there's no point denying it.]

guess you could say so, yeah

Oh?

Might I ask in what way, or would you prefer to keep it to yourself? I can see where there would be reason to not say; I don't mind either way.

nah that's cool

[It's not like it matters that much here, after all.]

I was one of the people who fought those gods

I can certainly admire the amount of strength that takes, especially as you mentioned that you witnessed the summoning procedure yourself.

I find you to be a rather remarkable person, you know.

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h-how does he even respond to that...]

you give me too much credit

I wasn't alone

besides, anyone would probably do that in my place

[Which is to say anyone would be pissed off if people they cared for the most were murdered.]

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