"He was-is the strategist of the Embryon. In the aftermath of my Tribe being decimated by Varin Omega and his new power, I sought out the Embryon. In other circumstances, I would have proposed an alliance, but what I could offer them was information, and my head, in exchange for treating my men fairly after absorbing them into their Tribe. I could see honor in his eyes, and I told him that after he challenged me. Later, he said that he would tear down the Temple if it tried to enforce the law that required my death at the hands of the Embryon in order to be admitted to the top, so that we could all go to Nirvana together, and that I could tell my child what I had desired to. I gave him my ring. He killed me after the Hunger drove me mad and kept a promise to tell my child my last words after he and the Embryon got to the world outside."

Lupa sighs again. "I saw him again briefly, after we were all dead, and granted him the power of my demon so that he and other other Embryon could challenge God and save the Earth from God's anger and pain."