Chapter 356: Split

|Author's note: Grammarly is useful, but after its update a couple of weeks back, it became worse somehow, so I felt like my grammar is weird lately. It sucks at picking up on context, especially with my more casual way of writing, its formal style fits with certain characters and the 3rd person POV, but rarely with Perseus' style of narration. Just wanted to point it out.|

Perseus POV

So the address was sort of a joke. Seriously? This can't be right. God's business card has the weirdest address I've ever seen. Mount Everest, Cave of Enlightenment bla bla blah...enlightenment...that's Buddha's thing.

I then called the guy up and the guy picked up. And from the tone of his voice, he obviously didn't expect me and he didn't really like it either, but he gave me the instructions anyway. It was a stupid series of instructions and I felt like I was being messed with, but it's too late to turn back now.

I then reached the cave and inside were bright lights with a blinking 'Cave of Enlightenment', and as I was narrating this, someone pointed out that the name of the cave sounds like a place for an orgy, and the author is too lazy to come up with a different name.

He turned and his face already gave off a really judgmental and disapproving look. Great. I feel like I've walked into a grumpy grandparent's living room without an invitation. And I can't exactly just leave because, well, I climbed a darn mountain to get here, I mean...I can, but I'll earn more sympathy this way.

"What do you want?" he asked

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"And why should I release such a chaotic person to the world?" God asked

"Augh...dude, just help me out with this. And why are you in a mountain anyway? There's barely any service unless you got this magic phone, and your wifi sucks, I can't even search up how to control my lustful feelings."

"You can always castrate yourself." God suggested

"Castrate, why the hell does your mind go immediately to that?"

"Well, it worked, her closest assistants do that in order to not pounce on her, though she does let them enjoy her before they do it."

"I don't want to know that, and I kinda wanna have kids. Look, this guy is my head, if we split him, my powers aren't gonna go to him, he'll have a much inferior copy of my powers, and he's insanely flawed."

"How sure are you that I will not be regretting this decision?"

"I sort of already figured out that me and him are 2 different entities, I mean, he knows Spanish, and I barely do. By barely, I know amigo, hola, and queso. He's more of my soul baby, and that's the weirdest thing I've ever called anything."

"No, I'm not stupid, I know that you 2 are pretty separate based on the facts you've told me." God scoffs, "What you're harboring inside you in the remnant of Cain's soul, even if he's weaker, he is a mixture of your worst qualities and his, you 2 are smart enough to find a way to become just as strong as you."

"Took y'all enough to find out." the voice said

A remnant of Cain's soul...no wonder, the anger that I felt...that seething anger that had driven Cain to kill his own brother, Abel. It was a rage that transcended time, a fury that had festered for millennia. That's what Wrath help manifested.

"Oh, you called me strong, this is like the first compliment."

"Silence mortal, I consider a lot of mortals my children, but you are not one of them."

"Bruh, who said that I need a father?"

"I'm not saying you need one. But sometimes, understanding our past can help us shape our future. Your lack of a father figure has made you a lone wolf, hasn't it? Independent, strong, but also guarded."

"Right...I've heard this before."

"Your humor is a defense mechanism developed by your fear of being vulnerable, so you push people away with your sarcasm. You've built walls so high that even you can't see over them."

"Here we go. Usually, I'm on the other end of things."

"And your lone wolf persona..."

"Let's not, I already unhealthily self-evaluate myself everyday. I also like my own peaceful time."

"Peaceful, perhaps, but also lonely. You've built walls around yourself, and it's time to tear them down. Your humor is a way to keep people at arm's length, to avoid facing your own vulnerabilities."

"Let's get back to helping me."

"I am helping you." he pointed out

"Is it? Usually, when I do this, it's not to help people but to break them down emotionally. Besides, the lack of a father figure thing is so easy to figure out, even google can do that."

"And your harem, your desire to be surrounded by affection and love from many, reflects your yearning for a depth of connection and affection. It's natural to want more, to seek a deeper connection, but-"

"Yeah, I already know where this was going, but split me into 2, I want to go home, rest, and plan what to do next, I got my help, and I got evidence to receive said help and since you can split me into 2...what's the chance of Cain finding out that this remnant of his soul can be used to make him become God without resetting time?"

"0%, a remnant of the soul is not good enough. He will try, but it will not work."

"Alright man, let's get this over with. This guy is saying that he doesn't want to stay in my head, and he's getting loud."

"Fine, but if he turns out to be the cause of the calamity, the blame will fall on us, and I will erase your very essence from the universe when that happens."

"Cool."

"I'll be prepared for it."

Alright, finally this whole thing is gonna end. It'll probably help me when I face Wrath again as this guy's whispers are pretty much the equivalent of adding fuel to the fire.