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[So we've been stuck on the poison moon for a couple months now, so a lot of people probably want to get away from that.

Unfortunately, the only place you really can get away from it besides your own ship is the Iskaulit. So, here's a June Iskaulit mingle!]

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[H....uh. He gives that a careful ponder, suddenly wishing more than ever that one of the elder seraphim were around to help him out here. There's still a lot he doesn't know about himself and his own kind, but even so, it's impossible to not feel a defensive solidarity with them. His lack of knowledge shouldn't mean that she's right.]

That, I can understand. We have true names that aren't meant to be shared idly, else we risk misfortune.

Right! It's the same sort of thing. Your enemy getting a hold of your true name can only lead to certain defeat. My Master and I were only able to win because we were able to discover everyone's true identities in advance.

Who's your master?

[He's not too familiar with that- there are no master-servant relationships with seraphim. Even if Lailah technically has authority to enforce orders on him as sub lord, it's more of a partnership than anything else.]

The magus whose summoning I responded to.

... More information than that is off-limits during a discussion like this, okay?

Understood. Anyway, it isn't as if I'd recognize a name if you gave it.

[He's the type to keep asking questions until someone tells him to shut up (or the situation merits shutting himself up), so it was bound to happen sooner or later.]

I was more interested in the nature of the relationship, but if you can't discuss it at all, that's fine.

The relationship? Well, it's something like the relationship between a husband and a wife!

You're lovers?

[With someone who summoned you? That's. Different.]

That's right! Our hearts and souls are bound together!

... And. A Heroic Spirit is summoned to a Master through a spiritual connection- A spirit similar to the summoner, whose souls and personalities are compatible... Well, there are cases where being too similar can cause problems, or someone being too dishonest can as well.

But the Master and Servant share their strengths and know everything about each other, baring souls and secrets to each other, devoting all of their power to working towards a common goal... The contract is the same as that of a marriage, isn't it?

That does sound like a pretty deep partnership. That sort of team is usually stronger than most, as well... to be synchronized in battle can make a huge difference. Is that the case with you?

It is! My Master's understanding and orders in combat are what allow us to win! We are synchronized through the power of love!

[...Pfft.]

You... should definitely meet Sorey.

Sorey? Is that your Master?

Seraphim don't have masters; we're friends. He is the Shepherd and I'm a sub lord, though, so we have a similar sort of partnership.

So you're similar to a Servant, anyway.

Only if a "servant" is considered an equal partner to the "master".

[Which doesn't make that much sense, but her terminology doesn't seem especially literal anyway.]

Technically a sub lord is obligated to follow the orders of the Prime Lord, but it's uncommon for that to become necessary. Most of the decisions made are done as a group.

Hm... Sub Lord and Prime Lord? You'll have to explain those more.

In my world, living things infected by malevolence can become monsters we call hellions. They can be purified, but only through a human wielding a seraph's power. The seraph that forms a pact with a human is the Prime Lord, and the human becomes the Shepherd.

Other seraphim can in turn form pacts with the Prime Lord, and they become sub lords. They can then purify hellions by adding their power to hers, and vice-versa.

... "Infected"? By malevolence?

It's like... an affliction of especially negative or contradictory feelings that overwhelm and alter the one affected by it. If it's especially bad, it can sweep through an entire city and kill like a plague.

... E- Eh? How strange... That's such a weird thing!

Is it? I thought your moon computer was strange, too.

They're completely different levels of strangeness!

This isn't a competition!

Well, perhaps not, but anyway... What happens if there is no Shepherd?

Usually, the land will decay, and people will suffer. Records state that it's been hundreds of years since a Shepherd appeared, and now that I've explored more of the world, I can tell you with certainty that it's in bad shape.