[homophonic] catchall for mizuki

[dendroculi]

MIZUKI

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[adorabrawler]

Good idea... So what do you do these days since you're not a supercomputer anymore?

[dendroculi]

Umm... I've been doing a lot of paperwork, actually. And meeting with sages at the Akademiya...

[adorabrawler]

So you really are like five-hundred years old...

[ that sure sounds like old people stuff ]

[dendroculi]

Hehe, yes. I guess it's easy to forget sometimes because of how I look...

[adorabrawler]

Yeah, I thought you were closer to my age at first.

[dendroculi]

...I hope it wasn't too disappointing to find out I was older.

[adorabrawler]

[ a little bit. ]

No, it's okay. It was a little strange to find out, but... We have all types here, I've found.

[dendroculi]

We do. I was surprised to see so many people my age or older... most people I meet are a lot younger than me.

[adorabrawler]

Probably because most people don't make it past a hundred.

... Most.

[dendroculi]

[she nods, thinking about it]

That sounds about like a normal human lifespan...

[adorabrawler]

Yeah, any more than that aaand... you're probably not human?

[dendroculi]

...hehe. Most likely not.

[adorabrawler]

... Is it... too weird if I ask what that makes you?

[dendroculi]

It's not weird.

Umm... in my world I'm called an archon. But they also call me the God of Wisdom.

[adorabrawler]

—You're a god?

[dendroculi]

Hehe, is that surprising?

[adorabrawler]

Y— yeah? That's one of the more surprising things I've heard around here...

[dendroculi]

[nahida wonders, more surprising than sword boys? but doesn't say it out loud because i can't figure out a way to phrase it that makes it sound like her.]

I guess you're from one of the worlds where gods don't really interact with people...

[adorabrawler]

... Not at all. You could argue that they might not even exist.

[dendroculi]

Is that what you think... that they don't exist?

[adorabrawler]

Mm... not really—I go to pray at the nearby shrine all the time. But there's a lot of people out there who don't think so.

[dendroculi]

I guess... if your world's gods don't make themselves known to people, it isn't surprising that they might not believe in them.

[adorabrawler]

Yeah... You can't really prove whether they're out there or not.

[dendroculi]

It's strange to think about, but... I guess there are gods who prefer to remain a mystery.

[adorabrawler]

[ a shrug ]

I mean, it's okay. We still manage either way.