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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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[...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.

What of the person who has been infected?

Many of them become hellions- monsters. They might attack and kill others without even realizing they're doing it. Unfortunately, some just die. Shepherds can save the living or those who've changed into hellions, but...

[He shrugs. Sadly, even they can't bring back the dead.]

... And what of when one who is already dead becomes damned in that way?

[She doesn't ask if that's possible- She doesn't have to.]

....Even the dead can become hellions. They can be purified, so their souls can be saved, in a sense, but they're still dead.

I see. That's the best happy ending the damned can hope for.

At the very least, it's better than wandering the world as a ghost hellion. All they can do is cause suffering to others.

Through purification, maybe they'll at least be at peace.

For a time, at least.

[She never wandered, and the release of her soul allowed her to find peace... and then she was summoned by the Moon Cell to fight in a war.

Peace is only ever temporary.]

I can't comment on that. I've never given much thought to the afterlife, if it even exists.

It exists. For some, at least. Those who were not worshiped, those who did not become heroes... They remain in Samsara.

Samsara?

[Never heard that one before.]