[ Eikons are tied to bloodlines, he’d mentioned, with some lineages being lost to time. This would lead to an inability to narrow down who would likely be the next Dominant within all the branches of a family. Additionally, the way he speaks of Eikons suggests that they have their own will, or at least a capacity to select their next vessel. It begs the question of why that particular person within that line.
Perhaps Eikons inhabit their chosen at birth. But unless the Eikon is clairvoyant, they wouldn’t be choosing someone based on merits, values, or personality. Convictions are developed later in life, not at infancy, not to mention how ideals can change.
Perhaps Eikons choose someone when they’re older. Cid is older. …But this doesn’t follow, seeing as Jill and Joshua are not. The former had mentioned the price it demands from them. ”Ultimately, your life.”
She’ll forget them all, then, should they succumb to that toll here. How long they have left would depend on the extent of their Eikon use and the age at which they discovered they were Dominants. With this thought comes another, swift and vicious and troubling, causing her expression to fall: she wonders how, after just meeting them—…
How much time she has left recalling their names, that they existed, that she made promises to try cat cafes, sing sea shanties, or even explore magical options to prevent accidental summonings.
Rem elevates her gaze, her tone more somber. ]
How… young were you? When you found out that you were a Dominant?
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Perhaps Eikons inhabit their chosen at birth. But unless the Eikon is clairvoyant, they wouldn’t be choosing someone based on merits, values, or personality. Convictions are developed later in life, not at infancy, not to mention how ideals can change.
Perhaps Eikons choose someone when they’re older. Cid is older. …But this doesn’t follow, seeing as Jill and Joshua are not. The former had mentioned the price it demands from them. ”Ultimately, your life.”
She’ll forget them all, then, should they succumb to that toll here. How long they have left would depend on the extent of their Eikon use and the age at which they discovered they were Dominants. With this thought comes another, swift and vicious and troubling, causing her expression to fall: she wonders how, after just meeting them—…
How much time she has left recalling their names, that they existed, that she made promises to try cat cafes, sing sea shanties, or even explore magical options to prevent accidental summonings.
Rem elevates her gaze, her tone more somber. ]
How… young were you? When you found out that you were a Dominant?