Arc of the Souls Chapter 89: Arc 3, Chapter 13 - And So Said Human to God...

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… ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... “Persistent.” Vox Dei was there. He was holding Hana's dagger, which was inches away from Jumkou's face. Hana was frozen mid-swing, her expression a mixture of shock and disbelief. Time was paused. The world was a still photograph. “...” Jumkou's eyes were wide open, her breath caught in her throat. She looked around. Sachiel and Asheera were still on the ground, their bodies frozen in a moment of death. Flynnigan was still crying, his tears suspended in mid-air. Everything was still. “...” She turned to Vox Dei, who was now looking at her with an expression she couldn't quite read. It wasn't pity. It wasn't anger. It was... something else. “Misplaced one,” he said, his voice echoing in the silent room. “Why do you persist?” “Why...?” Jumkou stammered, her mind racing. “Why did you...?” “I told you,” Vox Dei said. “I do not meddle in mortal quarrels.” “But you just did!” “Violence is also not permitted in my library. Your little squabble has soured the sanctity of this place.” Vox Dei looked at Hana, who was still frozen. “Hana's freedom, to where she is not shackled by destiny, has allowed me to give you a chance to speak. My being does not allow me to interfere... but because Hana Zurgen is not supposed to exist... I have the ability to intervene.” “...” “Let's make this clear. This is the last loop, Katatoria.” He said, a sense of finality in his tone. “I will set you free, but it will be eternal. The loop will break. You will no longer be misplaced. You will die forever.” “...” Jumkou eased down a bit. She didn't want to die. She didn't want to die, but she also didn't want to be stuck in this loop forever. She wanted to save Flynnigan. She wanted to save everyone. She wanted to change the future. But Vox Dei's words were a cold, hard truth. She was an anomaly. A paradox and a misplaced Soul. She didn't belong here. “You search for a thing that is naught. It does not exist. Though, your persistence defies causality as we know it. The world does not revolve around you, but you seem to want it to. For that, I commend you. However... you must understand that your actions have consequences.” “...” Jumkou looked around, realizing that she was in some kind of limbo. A small pocket dimension that Vox Dei created. Time never moved in here, yet she could move around in perpetual motion. A place that she could move but the rest of the world couldn't. “You will not be able to stop Hana. She holds a great power that even the Call of the Gods in its current state cannot handle. I'm telling you this as a warning, not as a threat. If you die now, you will die in the real world. This is the last chance that you'll get to break the loop.” “... I will keep going, no matter what you do.” She said, her eyes burning with determination. She was not going to give up. “You will not die in the hands of Hana. That I can assure you.” Vox Dei said, a glint of something in his mismatched eyes. It was a promise. “...” Jumkou thought about everything she could say in this moment right now. If fights can't win, then wits and brawn will. Her body may not hold out, but her mind could. After all, forcing her ways in didn't prove to be beneficial to her or everyone. “...” “I contain a history of a timeline that I'm trying to erase. I'm preventing a disaster that will happen. If that disaster happens, every destiny is all for nothing. The destinies that you try to protect. You claim to protect causality, but you're doing it by letting the world die. I'm not the one who's selfish here. It's you.” “The future is a fickle thing, Katatoria. It is not set in stone. It is a river, ever-flowing, ever-changing. You cannot stop the river. You can only learn to swim.” But you are not a swimmer. You are a stone. A stone that disrupts the flow of the river. You are a paradox.” “If you kill me or stop me from preventing a future that destroys everything you've ever worked for as a God, a deity or whatever... Wouldn't you be sad that y