[ For a moment, Qubit studies Carlisle, surprised. Just now, he sounded... afraid? Not of the zombie itself, surely - he's in no danger from them. Was it something he said? ... One of the several somethings he said, deliberately, with intent to offend?
No, wait. That's it. They've hit upon the crux of the matter. It's that an undead is, rather than has.
Their very existence is an abomination to his goddess. A goddess he's devoted his life to, and under whose teachings he has a sacred duty to annihilate them. It's not like Reynir's conception of them, as unfortunate souls that couldn't find their way to the afterlife, nor like the victims of the Jackson plague, their skeletonized bodies reanimated by an alien virus.
They aren't afflicted. And as a corollary, whatever Carlisle's mystery affliction is, it isn't undeath.
Not that he thinks he's wrong about Carlisle being undead, necessarily - most damningly, Carlisle himself hasn't explicitly denied it. But he no longer thinks that's all that's going on with him. ]
... Of course.
[ Qubit stands and backs off by a couple of meters, adjusting his radiation suit. ]
Carlisle, I ... I apologize. Truthfully, I was just trying to get a reaction out of you. But I clearly crossed some lines. [ He straightens up, resting a hand on his hip. ] I assumed the affliction you referred to was nothing more than a euphemism for undeath. But that isn't the case, is it?
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No, wait. That's it. They've hit upon the crux of the matter. It's that an undead is, rather than has.
Their very existence is an abomination to his goddess. A goddess he's devoted his life to, and under whose teachings he has a sacred duty to annihilate them. It's not like Reynir's conception of them, as unfortunate souls that couldn't find their way to the afterlife, nor like the victims of the Jackson plague, their skeletonized bodies reanimated by an alien virus.
They aren't afflicted. And as a corollary, whatever Carlisle's mystery affliction is, it isn't undeath.
Not that he thinks he's wrong about Carlisle being undead, necessarily - most damningly, Carlisle himself hasn't explicitly denied it. But he no longer thinks that's all that's going on with him. ]
... Of course.
[ Qubit stands and backs off by a couple of meters, adjusting his radiation suit. ]
Carlisle, I ... I apologize. Truthfully, I was just trying to get a reaction out of you. But I clearly crossed some lines. [ He straightens up, resting a hand on his hip. ] I assumed the affliction you referred to was nothing more than a euphemism for undeath. But that isn't the case, is it?