treave, where is this voice coming from us? Is it from within Dio? Also, does Diogenes have any indication as to
why Skarfeld was upset that we decided to pluck out our own eye instead of sacrificing Lamplock? I understand if our telepathic abilities might be too weak to really discern his motivations, though. Also, that brief moment when we sensed the power in Inge's chamber before it overcame our senses, was his presence somewhat similar to Zhang's?
Jannik Inge will not be talked down. The time for words was over. Though you still had difficulty concentrating through the pain, you had recovered sufficiently to use your telekinesis again. You grab the axe, pretending to obey, and attack Jannik, attempting to kill him right here.
I'm not so sure about B just yet. Part of this is because of the fact that on paper, with one eye socket, and up against an individual described as being "immeasurably stronger" than Aodh as well the wolf Fenrir, it goes without saying that we're dead meat. "Pretending to obey" won't really work given that it took right about five seconds for Jannik Inge to figure out Dio's true identity - he'll sense our intentions rather quickly. He will know that we plan to kill him pretty much instantly.
However, there's clearly a lot more to these events than meets the eye, the voice is a real wild card. But I have some doubt that it's Ean speaking to us because some of our memories have been shown to be false. On the other hand, Ean probably remembers very little due to his 3,000 year imprisonment, so maybe his memories of past events are all muddled:
"What I want is something pretty simple. Have you heard of the Labyrinth of Knossos?"
You had heard of it in legends, and in your memories you have seen the Emperor - you - rescuing a maiden from a bull-headed giant and slaying it with a slash of your sword. You nod your head. "I thought they were just stories."
First, let's look at the choices by process of elimination:
A1) This'll save our skin. It'll put Inge's guard down so that we can manuever against someone way more powerful than us in the future. Sure, we don't really know what exactly we'll do after we execute Inge's plan, but this will at least give us some options. As I mentioned in my post earlier in this page, it's all about eating shit in the short-term so that you can make moves in the long-term. Bowing our heads meekly and doing Eric Cartman's bidding right now will give Diogenes a lot of options in the future.
A2) His family will make the conclusion that we're working with the cultists and that we're responsible. We're also lacking an eye, and if other Watchers are familiar with this cult's initiation practices, they'll think we've gone turncoat. This one seems really bad.
A3) Might work, but Jannik Inge seems to be one hell of a telepath.
A4) Retarded. It's not like this will stop Inge, the boy has two hands. We're basically a glorified delivery boy due to our high status, I'm sure that he has other means of causing further unrest in Skane.
B) Huge gamble. I'm not opposed to taking gambles, though, if we at least try to talk it over. I am also not sure if this voice isn't simply Cartman attempting to test Dio's loyalty telepathically, and that this isn't an actual authentic voice like Ean, Shulgi and Naram had. This part is definitely cause for concern:
"Thus our bond is established. You are now part of me, Diogenes."
Maybe he can communicate with and control his followers by devouring a piece of them.
C) We're going to fall to the first floor, break our legs, and then the roughly three dozen or so cultists in the building will simply capture us.
