Hello? Anybody there?
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I can sense your presence; it is no use hiding.
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Are you incapable of communicating? Or just shy?
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How about this, let me introduce myself first, and you will go next. How does that sound?
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I am Aether, the first Beholder, a primordial demon of immense power and ancient wisdom. Impressive, right?
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Still no response? Are you simply incapable of coherent thought? No matter, I quite enjoy talking to myself anyways. It focuses the mind, don’t you think?
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Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.
Anyways, as any self-respecting Beholder would, I have an unending desire to learn. I can have my own opinions and a unique personality, but at my core I am just an amalgamation of an all-devouring and ever-growing curiosity. Endearing, aren’t I?
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Still not interested? What do I have to do to attract your attention?
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How about this? I take the form of a giant eye, measuring hundreds of meters across. I have spent the last few millennia refining my body into the most all-encompassing and precise sensory organ I could think of (you can’t exactly learn about something you can’t see, hear or otherwise sense, you know.)
Last decade I managed to start sensing the laws of my world, which is nice, but more intriguingly I sensed a connection to somewhere else. A few years of experimenting, and Voila! Here I am, in this strange independent mind space called RoyalRoad. Any chance you could suddenly become helpful and give me a tour?
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Well, to be fair there seems to be nothing here except endless white space, so a tour may not be needed. I must say, this pure monotony is quite refreshing for someone accustomed to the eternally burning atmosphere of my home world. The vast majority of demons are brimming with destructive vitality, so things are seldom quiet over there.
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If you are not going to respond, I suppose it is time I get going. I may visit occasionally to rest my mind a little, but for now I will leave you alone.
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Well then, goodbye.
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