Went on a bit long there. He's used to his mind racing through thoughts rapidly, not used to someone else being in on them. The first question answers his, and the second makes him pause. Search his memory. Had it ever been confirmed that's what these things are? He'd assumed, because he knows the feeling, and he'd taken the presence of the Velvet Room as confirmation.
But no one ever told them so, did they?
"...Now I think about it, we've had no unified terms for either of them. I've been using what I know because it's extremely similar. The Personae, or Contracted as you call them, have been referred to by their names, as demons, creatures, monsters, I think I heard Stands at some point... In general as long as there's a sense of what we're referring to, it works. As for the Shadows, or revenants or what-have-you, they're mostly referred to as the enemy, or monsters. I'd thought of them as demons at first, but they're not (and the summons are, to some degree), so I used what else I could think of.
However, Eddan's media took to referring to the night murderer as Shadow. Or Shadows, should there be multiple murderers involved. And these creatures are the source of those murders, so there is some basis for that term.
Igor is the master of the Velvet Room. I'm certain you'll meet him eventually, explaining it isn't immediately relevant.
They shouldn't. I don't think they did last month, but anything that survived evaporated at dawn... I can't claim to understand how they function yet."
The tone at the end, the utter absence, is uncomfortable - reminds him of an empty house and an emptier heart, of the spaces between one thought and another where he can still feel another him waiting, hating, an eternal reminder of his sin. Hopefully he's been thorough enough while staying on topic. At least he can keep up the pace in battle.
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But no one ever told them so, did they?
"...Now I think about it, we've had no unified terms for either of them. I've been using what I know because it's extremely similar. The Personae, or Contracted as you call them, have been referred to by their names, as demons, creatures, monsters, I think I heard Stands at some point... In general as long as there's a sense of what we're referring to, it works. As for the Shadows, or revenants or what-have-you, they're mostly referred to as the enemy, or monsters. I'd thought of them as demons at first, but they're not (and the summons are, to some degree), so I used what else I could think of.
However, Eddan's media took to referring to the night murderer as Shadow. Or Shadows, should there be multiple murderers involved. And these creatures are the source of those murders, so there is some basis for that term.
Igor is the master of the Velvet Room. I'm certain you'll meet him eventually, explaining it isn't immediately relevant.
They shouldn't. I don't think they did last month, but anything that survived evaporated at dawn... I can't claim to understand how they function yet."
The tone at the end, the utter absence, is uncomfortable - reminds him of an empty house and an emptier heart, of the spaces between one thought and another where he can still feel another him waiting, hating, an eternal reminder of his sin. Hopefully he's been thorough enough while staying on topic. At least he can keep up the pace in battle.