Ignorant of the tale of Tantalus, Zack can at least guess at the gist. "It's 'cause of what I am." He hesitates some, having been told off by Esther for being melodramatic, but these are only the facts - and he has been asked.
"Both, I s'pose. I'm only dust, but also a vessel of destruction for betrayed worlds. I feel what a dying planet feels, and what everything I'm cursed to destroy feels. Famine, and collapse of the food chain means hunger. Drought means thirst. All the pains you could imagine and then some. Eating helps ease all of 'em."
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Date: 2021-06-13 01:22 pm (UTC)From:"Both, I s'pose. I'm only dust, but also a vessel of destruction for betrayed worlds. I feel what a dying planet feels, and what everything I'm cursed to destroy feels. Famine, and collapse of the food chain means hunger. Drought means thirst. All the pains you could imagine and then some. Eating helps ease all of 'em."