The Narcissian was not far from hyperventilating, which would be terrible to the nth degree so much that understating it is inevitable.
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Ellanor was determined to calm Jennifer down despite lacking talent at such things. First, she had tried to convince her that Jiro was safe and that Brottslight would not hurt him, which had worked until she was told she was telling lies.
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Then she tried to make her feel better, which failed almost immediately.
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Eventually, she lost her patience and just snapped at the Baroness turned Khatun.
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“JENNIFER! You need to stop panicking because the Coalition Against the Æbyss is winning now! Berote was killed by a bioweapon, Limos has been confirmed to be dead and the Directorate Guard has massacred the cultist leadership in Vorantis – Both High-Priestesses of the Void, a less important Ætharch in charge of rituals, all fourteen abbots of the Æbyssal churches had been lynched by angry intellectuals that took a dim view to clergy of a hostile religious body – Khagan Xantè has been killed by your husband. And in Narciss, Earl Malum's regime is turning against him as we speak because of the Coup d’état led by Viscountess Valerie. If Brottslight is an Ætharch, CATAE will get him.” The woman sounded tired and exasperated as she explained to the latest Khatun of the Dominion.
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On the subject of Khatuns....Dowager Khatun Xarai had appeared as she was talking.
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“This is horrible! I know that the Verbrechersyndikat is a crime organisation, but at least they have some honour! Æraxis the Great Maelstrom.....Brottslight is mad to trust her!”
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This was true to a degree. Æraxis the Great Maelstrom (Æraxis 𐑄 𐐘𐑉𐐩𐐻 𐐣𐐩𐑊𐑅𐐻𐑉𐐲𐑋), Goddess of Ætherical Storms, Bringer of Death, and Mistress of the Winds was the middle sibling of the Triumvirate. According to the Book of the Æbyss, her real form is a swirling mass of Æther energy in a humanoid shape. The Deity was almost certainly the cause of the Great Æther Storm of Vorantis. However...Æraxis meant fury in the tongue of the void and is described in the Covenant of the Void's (un)holy text the Book of the Æbyss as being much easier to fool than Æonex.
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“Dowager Khatun Xarai...I do not make deals with eldritch, ancient deities. Æcordia the Temptress would appear to have been banished from both Empyrea and the Æbyss, which would explain why the cultists are in uproar.” Ellanor told her quietly.
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Jennifer's eyes narrowed, and her brows arched in surprise at a thought. “But...what about Jürgen?”
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“Who?” Xarai asked innocently. Evidently, Jiro's mother was oblivious to his mental problems.
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“Jiro is not well. He never was. He has some sort of broken personality that is much more aggressive and hostile within him. It calls itself Jürgen.” Jennifer Astrai Estrin-Romanakov told her bitterly.
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Xarai looked downcast at the revelation. The woman was not exactly the brightest but had a heart of pure gold and cared deeply about her son.
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“Jürgen...Brottslight aught to be afraid of him or else it will kill him.”
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“Good! More power to split personalities then!”
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