Chapter 11 - It has a Daughter
Chapter 11 - It has a Daughter
“Dominion over Law. Spirit of Arbitration. True Meaning. The Terms presided by It cannot be broken or reneged. Not without the Laws of the world forcefully extracting a terrible Price—one greater than those set in the Terms.”
“Oh, so like when some moron gets detention instead of just apologizing.”
“Correct.”
“That's cool. I think I'd want to have Vicious Mockery or something. Y’know? Turn words into power! Like, the more creative and hard hitting the insult, the more—bam!—emotional damage they receive. The bad guys start to feel so bad about what they've done, and so bad about the life they've lived, that they just become good guys after. Or get depression.”
“It did not expect such desires from Amy.”
“I thought about something like Power Word: Heal, but that just seemed boring. Saying the same old words over and over? Boo. No offense, Thia.”
“It is not offended.”
“I want to be creative while also hitting at the root. Like if writers, rappers, poets, and singers had more magic and less poverty.”
“It thinks this would be a more fitting ‘super power’ for Amy.”
“You think so?”
“It finds your trove of insults deep and without limit.”
"Hehe. I do my best."
“Yet, It finds your will to seek that which is 'overall beneficial' worthy of Divinity.”
"Geez, Thia... divinity? You're so... superlative sometimes.”
“Correct. It is a Concept of extremes made to Balance.”
“It's just about being a good person. Not every good person is divine. I mean, they’re better than bad people. But I wouldn't go that far..."
“. . .”
"..."
“It would hear Amy's thoughts.”
“Huh? How did you know I was thinking something?”
“Because Amy is It's daughter and It knows everything about Amy.”
"Hkkhhhhh."
. "It is perplexed by such thoughts."
"Sorry, that was just the sound of my soul dying."
"Incorrect. Amy's soul burns with the vibrance of youth. Death is far away."
"Did you hear that from your dad?"
"Incorrect. It's summoner knows surprisingly little on the topic of souls.”
"No. I mean, what? No, Thia. Obviously I meant the daughter thing.”
"Correct. It's summoner says such words often. It's summoner seems to have preternatural knowledge on the topic of Daughter."
"Thia."
"It listens."
"I love your dad and all, but... please don't repeat anything he says in public."
"Understood. It will not repeat the phrases spoken by It's summoner in public.”
"Ah... No, you still can. Don’t let me stop you. It's just... your dad's a little... uh... ‘strong’. So sometimes he says... ‘strong’ things. Too ‘strong’ for unprepared ears.”
“Clarify: the phrases spoken by It's summoner are not common expressions?”
"Absolutely. Not."
“Clarify: the less variant and more frequently spoken a phrase from It's Summoner is, the more Strong the phrase is?”
"Eh? Let me think..."
“It waits.”
“Hm. Yeah. Basically everything your dad says about you, his love, or... The Shrine. Those are all... pretty... ‘strong’.”
"Understood. It would now hear Amy's thoughts."
"What thoughts?”
“It clarifies: the thoughts of Amy at the moment that It first declared intention to hear Amy’s thoughts.”
“Thia, anything that might have possibly been in my head for the past hour just got shot down by the collateral damage of a keter-class daughterholic's atomic love cannon.”
“Understood.”
"...Wait, really? You got that?”
“It reiterates.”
“Oh my god. My Thia is all grown up.”
“It has memorized every word Amy has spoken to It. Though physically confined to the mortal plane with limited omniscience, It's knowledge of neologisms continues to expand.”
“Squee.”
“Amy's soul is properly housed.”
"..."
“Clarify: Daughter is important?”
“Yes, Thia. Of course they are. Every parent's child is like the most important thing to them.”
“Clarify: Parent and Child are two beings, vastly different in age, with Terms set between them.”
"...Uh. I think there's more to it than that, but I guess you could see it that way.”
“Clarify: Daughter is a subset of Child?”
“Absolutely weird way to put it, but yes.”
“Clarify: Amy is Important to Thia?”
“Obviously.” Amy paused. “I think... Well, I hope so, anyway.”
“Then It sees no fallacy. Amy is It's Daughter.”
“Hkkhhhhh.”
. "It is perplexed by such thoughts."
“No, Thia. I am not your daughter”
“It accepts the premise. Continue.”
“What do you mean we vastly differ in age? Thia, you're only a few months older than me.”
“It relents. On a cosmic scale, our vast disparity in age can be summarized as ‘a few months’.”
“Vast disparity? Please... Also! I'm taller than you so that makes me pseudo older than you.
“It does not understand the relation between height and age disparity.”
“That's why it's just pseudo older.”
“It accepts the premise. Continue.”
“And—and anyways! Parents have to give birth to their children okay? You didn't give birth to me.”
“Incorrect.”
“Thia, I know for a fact you didn't give birth to me.”
“It posits: birth is not necessary for Terms to be set between Parent and Child. It provides evidence: adoption.”
“I... okay. That's actually—yeah, okay.”
“However, It understands that Amy does not wish to be It's Daughter. It will accept counter offer.”
“Wife.”
“It did not expect such instinctive and immediate response.”
“W-w-wait. Wh-wh... M-m-my I d-di-w-wha..."
“It takes action to address the sudden destabilization of Amy's soul.”
"..."
“It wonders what Amy is thinking?”
“Meep.”
. “It is perplexed by such thoughts.”