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“…No.”
RANDOM GUY (still holding broom)
“…Is that supposed to be part of the seminar?”
SYSTEM RESPONSE
LATTICE: “Unscheduled celestial descent detected.”
OVERSEER: “Classification: Minor Cosmic Entity (degraded form).”
A pause.
“…Correction: Major Cosmic Entity (currently liquefied).”
Another pause.
“…Unstable condition.”
The puddle ripples again.
MOON GOD
“…I was mid-ascent.”
A pause.
“…Someone tripped my divinity axis.”
CHEONGMYEONG
“…You can TRIP THOSE?”
WUKONG (already sitting on the puddle’s edge somehow)
“HAHA! I’VE DONE WORSE!”
THE PUDDLE
“…You are not helping my reconstitution process.”
WUKONG
“THAT’S FAIR!”
The Random Guy cautiously points with his broom.
“…So do we… help it?”
LIN YUE
“…It is a god.”
DUGU QIUBAI
“…It is currently a puddle.”
CHEONGMYEONG
“…Those are not mutually exclusive apparently.”
THE SYSTEM
“Directive unclear. Escalation pending.”
The puddle suddenly twitches.
A small moon-shaped ripple forms.
MOON GOD
“…I require a vessel.”
A pause.
“…Preferably not dirt.”
Everyone slowly looks at the Random Guy.
RANDOM GUY
“…No.”
CHEONGMYEONG
“HE SAID NO.”
DUGU QIUBAI
“…He said it immediately.”
LIN YUE
“…Impressive conviction.”
THE GOURD
“…Rare defensive clarity.”