Kallen's eyes grew wet.
He unconsciously raised his head and looked at the sky, while keeping his hands from making that unfamiliar wiping motion.
Earlier, he could have stopped the God of Order.
Because what the God of Order wanted was him, a qualified Inheritance Heir.
Do not imagine gods as beings who truly possessed warmth and compassion. Even if He had fallen briefly silent upon hearing why Dis had been unable to save his children, that had been no more than a moment of speechlessness.
He could not possibly feel guilt, much less regret. The fate of those Branch Gods made that perfectly clear.
So, as long as Kallen asked Him to stop, He would stop.
How could private matters possibly compare to His great undertaking?
But Kallen was willing to exchange his own disappearance for the happiness of "Kallen's family."
For him, he could simply treat this as a dream. Either way, he had gained something.
However, Dis had refused this reward.
The Immerlis Family tradition: family first.
Thus, something inherently complex and contradictory could instead become incredibly simple and clear now:
"How could you sacrifice family to resurrect family?"
There were probably few people in this world who could understand this atmosphere in the Immerlis Family. Even Kallen himself could not.
Putting himself in Dis's shoes, Kallen wondered whether, in Dis's position, he could have treated "himself" the way Dis had.
The answer was: it would be very difficult.
But working backward from the outcome, things made sense again.
Dis was far too strong a person. He could release his children from suffering with his own hands, could denounce the god he had once believed in... and, of course, he had even greater courage to accept reality.
He did not know how to wallow, much less pity