"If one does not master Palatala, it will master one. It is the lowest chakra, situated at the soles of the feet. It embodies hatred, anger, revenge. Disrespect to one's fellow man and to one's God. For in this state, you are become your own god. Enlightenment within depravity. It is not something that many can master before losing themselves to it. Potent is it's power, and anyone who has brought this chakra to heel must be revered and feared. As any God should be. Be keen to draw energy from the earth below; it aids in keeping the rush of negativity at bay. Keep in mind that simply managing Palatala may not be enough. It is a chakra that leaks upward to spread through the spirit; in that, it may not affect one all at once. A slow disregard for life, a creeping tendency to enjoy killing. Rage, jealousy...easily confused for the products of higher chakras. Palatala is the serpent coiled beneath our feet. The devil which gives us Godhood."
"And those two did not understand?"
"No, they did not."
"...you knew they wouldn't."
"I held a sliver of hope."
"So you led them down this path knowing that each would seek the power of the seventh from the other."
"Yes."
"And what if one survived?"
"Then I would have been able to defeat that one and open my last."
"What--? What kind of Master would that make you, killing your own--"
"Master? That is what they called me, because that is what I needed them to think. I am master of only myself. Power is what I want, and I will do whatever it takes to get it. Find me two more. This was a failure. I need to start again."
"And what if I refuse?"
Rudger the Unlucky cast a silvery gaze on his Hyuran assistant. "You just buried Guntbrand and Gerdtrid, boy. I've no one else to bury you. Do as I say."
"And those two did not understand?"
"No, they did not."
"...you knew they wouldn't."
"I held a sliver of hope."
"So you led them down this path knowing that each would seek the power of the seventh from the other."
"Yes."
"And what if one survived?"
"Then I would have been able to defeat that one and open my last."
"What--? What kind of Master would that make you, killing your own--"
"Master? That is what they called me, because that is what I needed them to think. I am master of only myself. Power is what I want, and I will do whatever it takes to get it. Find me two more. This was a failure. I need to start again."
"And what if I refuse?"
Rudger the Unlucky cast a silvery gaze on his Hyuran assistant. "You just buried Guntbrand and Gerdtrid, boy. I've no one else to bury you. Do as I say."
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