He'd already reviewed what had happened. David was nothing if not thorough. She had evidence, she'd said. Likely, she found his system, and with enough divining, would make her way in. Which part had tipped Urdr off? Was it the password? Was it the documents? Gods, did he hope it wasn't the passwords.
No need to get her looking for that as well. ]
I am both the Woden of the modern pantheon... and I am also who she said I was. We are one and the same.
Bragging about having two years of experience is the childish bit, mate; that's all. It's impressive for someone who's twenty, not someone who's our age.
No, I called because I was wondering about motives and all. And because I am not often fooled, and when I am, I can't help but be curious.
Oh, certainly, but around diviners, it's far more impressive.
[ A beat. ]
My motives are... not quite so simple. It's baked into the core of my world, the recurrence, and what it means to be a member of the pantheon. The impact that we have on the world is...far greater. It's the gestation of a century, something people will talk about for centuries to come.
All things that I cannot rightly understand, then. Yeah? At least, not things I can understand directly. I've told you a little about my world, and my life; you know it's nothing like this.
[ His tone sounds melodic, it's the sound of a professor postulating, and it's clear that he knows how to sell this.
He's worked hard to sell it to himself, after all. ]
Think about it like this: Do you know of philosophers, artists, or thinkers that you would say... changed the course of history? Someone you have read in books, or that you learned about as a boy?
I think it would have more impact on a Christian, but yeah, all right. Everything is higher stakes for you; I understand. Are you gonna become lofty and intolerable to talk to?
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Date: 2018-08-18 06:06 am (UTC)Very well.
[ It's not David Blake, PhD's voice. It's that sing-song, musical voice that Woden so-often employs. ]
I thought it appropriate to lay low. No need to move things quite so fast, or alert anyone to my presence too quickly.
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Date: 2018-08-18 06:08 am (UTC)audio
Date: 2018-08-18 06:16 am (UTC)He'd already reviewed what had happened. David was nothing if not thorough. She had evidence, she'd said. Likely, she found his system, and with enough divining, would make her way in. Which part had tipped Urdr off? Was it the password? Was it the documents? Gods, did he hope it wasn't the passwords.
No need to get her looking for that as well. ]
I am both the Woden of the modern pantheon... and I am also who she said I was. We are one and the same.
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Date: 2018-08-20 02:43 pm (UTC)audio
Date: 2018-08-20 02:51 pm (UTC)audio
Date: 2018-08-20 02:57 pm (UTC)audio
Date: 2018-08-20 05:44 pm (UTC)Who knows! I do not think I have the luxury of hiding in plain sight like I used to. It may become necessary.
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Date: 2018-08-20 05:51 pm (UTC)[It's a baiting question - or did you?]
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Date: 2018-08-20 07:30 pm (UTC)Oh, then you underestimate me. Consider that I have been doing this for nearly two years.
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Date: 2018-08-20 07:31 pm (UTC)[The sarcasm isn't incredibly blatant, but it's there.]
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Date: 2018-08-21 04:19 am (UTC)Please, do tell about your considerable experience.
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Date: 2018-08-21 04:41 am (UTC)audio
Date: 2018-08-21 05:35 am (UTC)If what I see is what I get, consider me impressed.
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Date: 2018-08-21 05:45 am (UTC)No, I called because I was wondering about motives and all. And because I am not often fooled, and when I am, I can't help but be curious.
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Date: 2018-08-21 06:11 am (UTC)[ A beat. ]
My motives are... not quite so simple. It's baked into the core of my world, the recurrence, and what it means to be a member of the pantheon. The impact that we have on the world is...far greater. It's the gestation of a century, something people will talk about for centuries to come.
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Date: 2018-09-07 07:02 pm (UTC)audio
Date: 2018-09-08 02:35 am (UTC)[ His tone sounds melodic, it's the sound of a professor postulating, and it's clear that he knows how to sell this.
He's worked hard to sell it to himself, after all. ]
Think about it like this: Do you know of philosophers, artists, or thinkers that you would say... changed the course of history? Someone you have read in books, or that you learned about as a boy?
As simple as Jesus Christ themselves, perhaps?
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Date: 2018-09-08 03:10 am (UTC)audio
Date: 2018-09-08 04:38 am (UTC)But the sentiment doesn't change, in terms of impact.
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Date: 2018-09-16 08:54 pm (UTC)audio
Date: 2018-09-16 08:55 pm (UTC)