Actually, Thras didn't tell us that he was using his 'game' as a move to establish us as a neutral party. Which, considering the circumstances was wise. But I couldn't tell you what his aims are or what really motivates him. I intended to get a history lesson from him and he distracted me with disturbing information.
[So he hadn't known about it. Komaeda sets his sandwich down on his plate and shakes his head. Despite his companion's horror, he is just serious and calm. It's all things he's heard and dealt with before. But, at the same time it's the plans weaving their way through his mind like delicate webs.]
The situation happened while we were in Shaarnath. Likely caused by the reveal of the city. I believe it's public knowledge what the world below looks like. To find an ancient enemy survived...not being the last didn't matter to them in the face of old hate.
While many understand the Arehtei are not beings of destruction, you will find those who will think it anyway. It's human nature. Whether these thoughts are brought about by desire for power, sorrow, rage, hate, or even fear. Or perhaps even a desire to shatter the chains of something vast over their heads...
[He stares at his own hands, seeing the past Peromei had showed him in his mind's eyes. The terrible destruction played out again in the thunder of hooves and shouts of the soldiers.] Some will fall to the 'darkness in the hearts of man'. Just as they did in their history before the Calamity or 'Emotional Disturbance' as Thras called it.
Only Daimonia and Thras possibly remember what happened to cause this world to fall. Whether they'll tell us or not. Perhaps some wreckage of civilization survived. But I don't need my luck to say these events in motion right now are reflections of that time.
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[So he hadn't known about it. Komaeda sets his sandwich down on his plate and shakes his head. Despite his companion's horror, he is just serious and calm. It's all things he's heard and dealt with before. But, at the same time it's the plans weaving their way through his mind like delicate webs.]
The situation happened while we were in Shaarnath. Likely caused by the reveal of the city. I believe it's public knowledge what the world below looks like. To find an ancient enemy survived...not being the last didn't matter to them in the face of old hate.
While many understand the Arehtei are not beings of destruction, you will find those who will think it anyway. It's human nature. Whether these thoughts are brought about by desire for power, sorrow, rage, hate, or even fear. Or perhaps even a desire to shatter the chains of something vast over their heads...
[He stares at his own hands, seeing the past Peromei had showed him in his mind's eyes. The terrible destruction played out again in the thunder of hooves and shouts of the soldiers.] Some will fall to the 'darkness in the hearts of man'. Just as they did in their history before the Calamity or 'Emotional Disturbance' as Thras called it.
Only Daimonia and Thras possibly remember what happened to cause this world to fall. Whether they'll tell us or not. Perhaps some wreckage of civilization survived. But I don't need my luck to say these events in motion right now are reflections of that time.