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 ==== 4-1 ====
+One the day that the Grove fell,\\
+He accepted his defeat and demise,\\
+As if embracing truth and heresy.
+//<color #993333>"Believe in Titans, and you'll have a happy death.\\
+Deny the Titans, and you'll have a fulfilling death."</color>//
+Yet as the lightened soul bids farewell to its heavy shell,\\
+A Titan made an untimely call.
+{{ :readable:saga:demised.scholar:anaxa4-1.png?200|}}
+//<color #efe4B0>"Do not be startled, child of humanity. You have a final query in this world."</color>//[(Spoken by Cerces.)]
+//<color #993333>"You finally came —"</color>//\\
+He does not seem shocked, and lets the Coreflame take over his shell.\\
+//<color #993333>"Be more punctual next time, if you will."</color>//
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+Upon his first meeting with the Titan,\\
+The blasphemer is already on his best behavior.
+And towards the suggestion to reforge his body,\\
+He paid no mind.
+//<color #efe4B0>"I have so kindly offered you the best body...\\
+So why do you insist upon your mortal imperfection?"</color>//[(Spoken by Cerces.)]
+The scholar replies in candor:\\
+//<color #993333>"Only by retaining the various flaws —\\
+Can my humanity be preserved in rigor."</color>//
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 ==== 4-3 ====
+His form remains in the mortal realm,\\
+While his spirit walks the River of Souls' shores.\\
+Between life and death, he fatigues.
+Dwelling in the child of humankind's thoughts and senses,\\
+The Titan cannot bear to remain a mere spectator.\\
+//<color #efe4B0>"Why not ask me your questions, child of humanity?\\
+I am rich in wisdom and shall speak with no ambiguity."</color>//
+As though an unspoken pact,\\
+The scholar asked the god about all things,\\
+Feigning a humble quest for knowledge.
+//<color #efe4B0>"Do you treat me just as a way to answer questions, a mere machine?"</color>//[(Spoken by Cerces.)]\\
+— The Titan got what they asked for.\\
+//<color #993333>"You should thank me,\\
+For good questions are rarer than good answers."</color>//
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 ==== 4-4 ====
+Compared to the joy of a new life,\\
+The scholarly breakthrough, carried home alongside death,\\
+Filled the scholar's heart with more fervor.
+He returned to the scourged Grove many times,\\
+And the black tide followed.\\
+Despite his defeats...\\
+He never sought help or permission.
+But at every desperate moment,\\
+The Titan would eventually take over one-half of his body.\\
+{{ :readable:saga:demised.scholar:anaxa4-4.png?200|}}
+The union of man and god,\\
+A flawed and clumsy choreography.
+It happened but once—a perfect harmony,\\
+One man, one god, speaking in one breath.\\
+//<color #993333>"Stop stepping forward at the same time as me."</color>//[(Spoken by both Anaxa and Cerces.)]
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+The Titan once revealed the secrets of "Mixing Life."\\
+A boon seemingly a blessing,\\
+But full of malice.
+//<color #993333>"What a tempting bait,\\
+But that's not my desired chalice."</color>//\\
+Divine power is within is reach,\\
+But the scholar is not moved by that essence.
+This long and abnormal temptation,\\
+Is also a trial of elevation —\\
+For the sage can achieve all things,\\
+But "short-cuts" alone he abhors with silence.