With the completion of their task, Eustace and Gray receive warm accolades for their hard work and trouble. Greeted by the Coliseum staff ( and several well-known fighters! ), they are asked to report to the Church of Helios to speak with the head of Meridian's faith — Hieropoios Natalia. Natalia is pleased to acknowledge their efforts, greeting them with snacks and drink in an austere room within the Church, and ruefully expressing her apologies that Gray was forced to watch her mother die ( again ). She is glad to know she wasn't alone, since Eustace was with her.
The damage caused by bullet holes will be billed to them — kidding! Just kidding! ( EDIT: or is she.................... ? )
Natalia explains that the energy of Meridian is innate to Kenos, just as the energy of Zenith is. The energies are stronger on each island and unchecked, they sometimes enter a state of Discord similar to that which Shard-bearers undergo. By engaging with the energy and composing it into a memory that they then controlled to a conclusion, they were able to release the excess energy back into Springstar's natural abundance. She informs the two that in the coming days, they both should begin to feel a deeper connection to Meridian, as their efforts have tethered them to it.
They will receive a blessing that changes them in a small ways: they are able to purify Discord among their fellow Meridians ( and be purified BY Meris ) as easily as if they were Zenites. They will find this blessing persists at this level as long as they spend a majority of their time in Springstar, and it diminishes if they spend excessive time in Highstorm, Alenroux, the Below, the Beyond or any other non-Springstar environment.
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The damage caused by bullet holes will be billed to them — kidding! Just kidding! ( EDIT: or is she.................... ? )
Natalia explains that the energy of Meridian is innate to Kenos, just as the energy of Zenith is. The energies are stronger on each island and unchecked, they sometimes enter a state of Discord similar to that which Shard-bearers undergo. By engaging with the energy and composing it into a memory that they then controlled to a conclusion, they were able to release the excess energy back into Springstar's natural abundance. She informs the two that in the coming days, they both should begin to feel a deeper connection to Meridian, as their efforts have tethered them to it.
They will receive a blessing that changes them in a small ways: they are able to purify Discord among their fellow Meridians ( and be purified BY Meris ) as easily as if they were Zenites. They will find this blessing persists at this level as long as they spend a majority of their time in Springstar, and it diminishes if they spend excessive time in Highstorm, Alenroux, the Below, the Beyond or any other non-Springstar environment.