Chapter 581: The meat of the matter
“You really taught yourself all that only with the things in your domain?” Sofia asked.
“Yes. The previous Speed had been orchestrating this for his successor, I believe. I still have no idea why he would have ended himself, but things were prepared for me to have an easy start, no doubt. After going through the entire bookshelf it was only a matter of time before I grew bored of the domain and started to try to look outside…”
“Did you even know how to leave? I got stranded inside of Peace’s domain once, and I really had no idea how to leave.”
“You got… Peace? That couldn't have ended well…”
Sofia chewed a bit on the piece of meat she had just forked into her mouth, and swallowed it before answering, “He just erased me from the neck down when he ejected me out of there. I’ve survived much worse.”
“Ahah, just from the neck down… I’m starting to doubt who’s the god and who’s from the mortal race here…” Speed commented, scratching his horn.
Sofia’s fork stabbed another piece of meat, she absent-mindedly waved it in front of her mouth as she answered. “The distinction is a bit strange to begin with, since the divinities can also die. I used to think gods were like… Well… Gods… But there’s no such thing as someone who can do or survive anything, I’ve come to learn. Everyone’s got their limits. Maybe that’s why I don’t feel any pressure anymore talking to you or Dragons or anyone, it’s all kind of just… People?” she concluded, finally sticking the fork in her mouth.
“Yeah, fair. I grew up surrounded by ‘mortals’ and gods living together as well, so I get that. We’re just born and die differently, is the gist of it. What’s in the middle is entirely what you make of it. Still though, I had yet to meet someone who seems so dismissive about their potential death.”
Sofia stopped chewing, she swallowed outright to answer, “You got me wrong. It’s not as if I’m not scared of death or anything like that. Not at all, actually. I’ve lived through a death a bit more real than usual lately, and it’s been… Terrifying to even remember. I just… Quite confident in my eventual survival? It’s like… I’ll do anything to survive in the end. I care about the future. No point in staying stuck in the past.”