[ several moments tick by, long ones, as he debates on what he wants to say and how much he wants to say it. he's cautious in some ways, perhaps overly so for how he conducts himself in public spaces. ]

...there's an order to things. I spent a while lashing out and then I spent even longer figuring out what I could do. What I was doing in Ecumene was a precursor, maybe you want to call it Plan A to here.

I've heard a saying... [ what had zen called it again? ] "Rome wasn't built in a day"? Something like that. I wasn't powerful at all when I woke up, but I'm the strongest I've ever been now.

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It has to do with the Akashic Record, and that's all I'm saying.