Klein frowned, then asked, "So He helped Ankewelt return so someone could hold back the speed at which that one became a god?"
"But given your relationship with that one, there's no way He wasn't keeping an eye on you. What's the difference between letting you take part in this and telling the other one directly?"
That was what he couldn't understand. He felt that an existence renowned for wisdom couldn't have made such a glaring oversight in His plans.
...Unless the Dragon of Wisdom had been forcibly dumbed down.
Cyril chuckled softly, then shook his head. "Ankewelt was never capable of that in the first place."
"Even if all His plans had succeeded, He would only have died once more."
"Without the Quill of Alzuhod and the negative personality in Liveseyd, returning through this avatar, Ariehogg, as only a Sequence 2 Beyonder wouldn't draw much attention. He could simply find somewhere else to hide, and there was a good chance he'd survive indefinitely."
"Perhaps it was a little concern for my former former boss..."
"Or perhaps there was a deeper reason."
For instance, He might have reached some kind of agreement with the returned Ankewelt, gaining control over the negative personality He had left in Liveseyd and thereby obtaining a measure of authority over the Chaos Sea.
Klein nodded thoughtfully, then asked curiously, "What do you mean by 'former former boss'?"
Had the Dragon of Wisdom once served another existence as a Subordinate Deity?
Cyril glanced toward the captain's cabin but didn't answer.
It wasn't very polite to discuss this kind of thing aboard someone else's ship.
The next moment, his Spirituality stirred. He saw numerous faint glimmers of brass fly out of the void and dart through the air, sketching the outline of a hazy, intangible door.
Immediately