It was fine, once, but... eventually, her misfortunes accumulated. She's able to tolerate her losses when she believes it's the only life she'll have, but after she regains her memories, her mind can no longer cope with the burden.
For her, who's led countless lives that ended in misery, there's little hope left to hold onto—from her perspective, she's already seen from experience that it doesn't get better.
Well, he's heard a bit about this, but again? Better to get it from both angles. ]
Why does she remember past lives? Let alone have them, most people get a one and out and if you're lucky you avoid a one-way trip to Gehenna in the process.
... If you're not sent to Hell or to Paradise, your soul is eventually recycled to be used in a new life. So, she's not unique in that regard.
Being able to recall her past lives, though... that's because of the structure of her soul. Nowadays, humans' memories are retained in their body, but for Brilith, they're contained in her soul and thus carry over no matter which body she's in.
You've explained the whole death cycle where you're from, and I already figured it was different for Bril, and pretty abnormal if it's enough to send her into a suicidal spiral mid-trial. But not, y'know, why it's different for her.
... The only way to forcefully annul it would be to ask the God of Death to. [which agni won't do, and is thus one of the many things brilith is mad about.] Otherwise, it remains in effect as long as the conditions are fulfilled.
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It was fine, once, but... eventually, her misfortunes accumulated. She's able to tolerate her losses when she believes it's the only life she'll have, but after she regains her memories, her mind can no longer cope with the burden.
For her, who's led countless lives that ended in misery, there's little hope left to hold onto—from her perspective, she's already seen from experience that it doesn't get better.
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Well, he's heard a bit about this, but again? Better to get it from both angles. ]
Why does she remember past lives? Let alone have them, most people get a one and out and if you're lucky you avoid a one-way trip to Gehenna in the process.
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Being able to recall her past lives, though... that's because of the structure of her soul. Nowadays, humans' memories are retained in their body, but for Brilith, they're contained in her soul and thus carry over no matter which body she's in.
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You've explained the whole death cycle where you're from, and I already figured it was different for Bril, and pretty abnormal if it's enough to send her into a suicidal spiral mid-trial. But not, y'know, why it's different for her.
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Most souls from back then are gone, but hers is—protected.
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'Cause she summoned you?
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So? Why then?
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[before, you know. she started hating him.]
It's what protects her soul.
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The unbreakable sort of vow, I'm guessing. Otherwise she'd be gone, yeah?
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... Conditions? Okay sure, I guess for functional immortality there's gonna be hoops to jump through, but what sort of conditions?
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... It's not quite the same thing, but in human terms, she and I are married. You can guess what the conditions are from there.
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You both need a marriage counselor.
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... Ha. I think they might give up on us after a while.