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"It's dumb as shit, but I know why," Soda replied simply. "Yeah, maybe some of it is because he's waiting. But the other is because Pop still has true dominion... and Soda can only overpower it from far away, and only immediately around him. That dot on the moon is his reality, and if Pop gets close, it'd be a clash of gods. Maybe Soda doesn't have the power to expand beyond that... yet. Maybe he's building power. Maybe he's biding his time. I don't know anymore."
Soda pulled the book and the game away and placed them on the table.
"He's... making a world where what he wants comes true. It's not hope, it's... desire. Whims. His subconscious just... doing what it wants. He might even twist souls he steals to fit roles he wants... because he can. Imagine if he just... plucked someone out of Cibus and forcibly... changed them into, I dunno... some... version of Adne. He could. He could just Create. That's his domain, now. He could conjure that with just the Unown if he had enough power. That's..." Soda's voice was shaking. "That's the power of a god. That's Creation. You're fighting a usurper god, Dave. And... the only way to defeat someone like that is to shatter them. Just like how Joule almost did to this one's god."
Soda pulled the book and the game away and placed them on the table.
"He's... making a world where what he wants comes true. It's not hope, it's... desire. Whims. His subconscious just... doing what it wants. He might even twist souls he steals to fit roles he wants... because he can. Imagine if he just... plucked someone out of Cibus and forcibly... changed them into, I dunno... some... version of Adne. He could. He could just Create. That's his domain, now. He could conjure that with just the Unown if he had enough power. That's..." Soda's voice was shaking. "That's the power of a god. That's Creation. You're fighting a usurper god, Dave. And... the only way to defeat someone like that is to shatter them. Just like how Joule almost did to this one's god."