The conversation continued to be very confusing for Ampere, especially when Ranjiri started to talk about broken necklaces causing death, what!? For the most part though Ampere remained silent, letting Ranjiri, who seemed to have better handle with Cathun, talk the sense he needed. Somewhere along the way she figured she might be able to piece together what the fuck they were all talking about.

She was glad she did, Ranjiri talked some good hard sense. Ampere grinned, liking her more and more. Damn, why wasn't she a warrior?

"We do,." Ampere responded to his clipped question, trying to keep the agitation out of her voice. "We've just been a little busy fighting gods and all - and we don't share every personal story that comes our way." Though, he had a point, she needed to ask Megaera what the fuck she had done and said.

Cathun thankfully was reasonable enough to just explain things to her, and readily Ampere listened. She was not at all surprised to find that trouble with a god played a role in whatever chaos he was wrapped up in, but it didn't make it any easier either. He reached for the necklace he wore, as boring of a bauble as any other, or so she thought. When it struck the sand he ignited, the change so extreme Ampere's head lifted, eyes widened, even for all her experience with fire. She was not afraid though, and rather appreciate the burning of his body even as he called it a curse.

She tilted her head as he continued on his tirade, electric gaze shimmering as she watched the creature of flame stalk back and forth, then quiet beneath the embrace of the trinket. She watched him curse the world in so many words, and still she remained quiet, lips pursed with contemplation. When at last it seemed he had tired himself out some, and he was left with that final exhausting statement, Ampere spoke up.

"Why did you want to be king then?" she asked softly, watching him carefully. "Why did you choose to live here, under the Sun God's domain, his fires just as fierce as yours?" She exhaled steadily, "Why, if you don't care about or want to rely on others, did you run so hard and so fast to warn the herd of the bear god?" Why are you even here?

"You act like you don't care, but that's dragon shit. That, that necklace helps you have others in your life - not having anyone is something far worse than any curse, yours included. By its nature your curse would keep you isolated, but this necklace bridges those gaps. Why would you resist fixing it? One god is not the same as another, and no god compares to the evil that lives inside ourselves. You would do yourself a disservice to let that necklace fall, and you would blame the gods but it would be you Cathun that would have done it."

"That you've been dealt this fate is a terrible thing, but you cannot change that, you can only make it better, you can only fight for the things that you deserve. You deserve a life like this Cathun. For someone who's already cheated death why would you fear it? Conquer it, you are more than capable."