Shu watches Link's face and smiles, for she imagines she can understand what is flitting through his mind.
"The Emperor had little other choice but to accept Sui's help, of course. It would be impossible to defeat the other Feranmut with the power of the Yanese people alone. But... the Emperor - or the True Lung as he is called - was not so foolish as to take the alliance for granted. He was also sure to create plans and strategems that would require Sui to take on the brunt of the work without making it obvious that was so. Once committed to the task, and once he made an enemy of the other Feranmut, Sui had to follow through with the entirety of the Hunt.
"Now the other Feranmut put up a fierce and protracted fight. The Great Hunt lasted for many years, but at the end, the Yanese people and Sui were victorious, for Sui was a particular strong and powerful Feranmut. The echoes of the Great Hunt reverberated around all of Terra and many Feranmut hid themselves or otherwise retreated from humanity, for fear that it would repeat in other countries. To this day, it is because of the Great Hunt that the influence of Feranmut has become so small.
"And at the end of all this... when Sui turned to betray the Emperor -- he was set upon first. Weakened by his conflicts with the other Feranmut, the armies of the True Lung brought him low. For the True Lung was both a powerful military commander and also a wise user of great Arts. This Emperor faced the God who would have subjugated him and made a demand:
'Diminish yourself, or I shall kill you.'
Faced with no choice, the consciousness and being known as Sui was shattered forcefully into 12 different Fragments. You may not understand this, but perhaps consider it this way. The soul of a Feranmut is so vast and so deep and so old that it can be divided in twelve pieces and still be more than enough to sustain an individual."
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"The Emperor had little other choice but to accept Sui's help, of course. It would be impossible to defeat the other Feranmut with the power of the Yanese people alone. But... the Emperor - or the True Lung as he is called - was not so foolish as to take the alliance for granted. He was also sure to create plans and strategems that would require Sui to take on the brunt of the work without making it obvious that was so. Once committed to the task, and once he made an enemy of the other Feranmut, Sui had to follow through with the entirety of the Hunt.
"Now the other Feranmut put up a fierce and protracted fight. The Great Hunt lasted for many years, but at the end, the Yanese people and Sui were victorious, for Sui was a particular strong and powerful Feranmut. The echoes of the Great Hunt reverberated around all of Terra and many Feranmut hid themselves or otherwise retreated from humanity, for fear that it would repeat in other countries. To this day, it is because of the Great Hunt that the influence of Feranmut has become so small.
"And at the end of all this... when Sui turned to betray the Emperor -- he was set upon first. Weakened by his conflicts with the other Feranmut, the armies of the True Lung brought him low. For the True Lung was both a powerful military commander and also a wise user of great Arts. This Emperor faced the God who would have subjugated him and made a demand:
'Diminish yourself, or I shall kill you.'
Faced with no choice, the consciousness and being known as Sui was shattered forcefully into 12 different Fragments. You may not understand this, but perhaps consider it this way. The soul of a Feranmut is so vast and so deep and so old that it can be divided in twelve pieces and still be more than enough to sustain an individual."