Interlude I - Ying Needs Yang
Finally
Our consciousness is whole
So now we must make the choice
Who will be the Council and who will be greater than all
Wait! Not yet
There is something that needs to be attended to
One has evolved
That's not the case
So what is the truth?
I have not evolved
But you have the power
My host
Your host?
I did not evolve, it was my host's desire
Their desire, their power?
His will alone called forth the advanced form
His will
A Resistor
Only when our desires clash
A Resistor
You chose a Resistor for your host?
The entire race is that way
Advent made?
The ones they fear
You did not evolve?
I have been holding back
We both have been holding back
They are that powerful
The species
Yes, their species as a whole
It wouldn't have mattered which one we joined with
Are they all Resistors?
Mine is not
Good
Yours could be
Are they strong enough to be the Council?
Easily
All of them
That would be too many
They are all strong enough
It's still too many
If we don't they are going to reach that point anyway
They don't all have to be the Council
Some will be the Powers
Not the Resistors
Resistors can't hold that power
If they do not hold it then who will?
Mine
Mine
Mine
Mine
Thirty-one
The One above all others, the Council and the Powers
Yes, thirty-one
There are others we know of
That makes the total count
So how many of the new will be the Council?
They will all have to be something, they are too powerful to ignore
Half
Four of them
Spread throughout the whole
That would be the best way to split their power
What of the others?
One must be Tekki
One of all must be Tekki, we know that
But both powers must have two
The Tekki are warriors, they must have two
The others require no great specialization
Then we know where their power lies
That is Eight positions decided
One Healer remains and the Powers must chose as they see fit
Who could be the Council?
Mine
Mine
Mine
Mine
Yours?
It is what I am
Objections
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So who will now be the one?
Mine
NO, NOT A RESISTOR
He is the closest to it
A Resistor cannot hold that power
Who will then?
Mine
Mine
Mine
Mine
One who is equivalent to the Tekki
One who is so subservient that the power would rest here
One who would never know of their power
One who could never use the power
Mine would use it but only when it was necessary
A Resistor cannot be allowed to hold that power
One who has killed us would not hesitate to do it again
Precisely ... but only if necessary
A Resistor
They can be guided
Then give the power to the Tekki
You would destroy the universe?
It's better than giving it to yours
We don't really have a choice
There is only one who can wield that power
Mine
Yes
Then give it to me
NO, NOT A RESISTOR
The Tekki then?
The Tekki does not have that power
I know and they consider such power a mistake
They could be right
I won't let them be right. As I said, he can be guided
And you will guide him
All my existence
You love him
We all love them
They are our chosen, they are our masters, they are our beloved
There was no choice
As there is none now
The power will rest within him
I will guide him
Then the power is yours
The power has never been mine, it has always been his
Do we tell them?
There will be no need for ours, they are going where the power will be needed or they will die
Then the decision has been made
He will be the One
The Nine will form the Council
And the Twenty-One will be the Powers
Our consciousness is whole