To my Own Tempo

Speech

Tempo could not help himself, he laughed, he laughed hard at the girl's question. When he turned his gaze to look at her it had a hard cynical edge to it and no doubt she could see how tired he was. "There are no gods." He said harshly, clearly 100% certain of this. "Or if there are they must be pretty weak and pathetic to have not stopped my birth. So yes, I suppose if there are any gods they'd die pretty easily to the waterfall." It was the only thing that could make sense to him when it came to the gods. No god would have allowed an abomination like him to walk the earth, wouldn't have allowed him to kill his own parents.

He observed the girl carefully, uncertain why someone would even pose that question. It made him curious about her. But more than that he was alarmed by how willing she was to stand even this close to him. "I'd not stand so close if I were you." He said solemnly. "Everyone who gets close to me inevitably gets hurt, and I can't control it." He then glanced back at the falls, silently hoping she'd take his warning to heart.