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[slavecrowned]

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[markofthesea]

Quite possibly, though they do not present themselves to the rest of the world as such. Rather they comport themselves as superior, in that they have surpassed the necessary dependence upon aether they claim to believe hobbles our progress. Their advances in technology independent of aether use are unmatched in that regard, as I mentioned, and I take no pleasure in the compliment, nor do I make it lightly.

[Though she buries it deep and it has no place in this world, the Garlean Empire and her emissaries and machinations have taken much from Y'shtola, and she senses they shall continue their assault upon that which she holds most dear. It would not be too much hyperbole to suggest she hates them.]

[slavecrowned]

[So many similarities, and yet the differences between Eorzea's Empire and her own are so critical that it's hard to believe two such powers could cause such destruction in so similar a way, motivated by differing beliefs.]

Yours is a world that thrives on magic, practically breathes aether itself, while magic is thought to be dead by most in my own.

[Her brow furrows slightly.]

There are so many parallels between the two, and yet in other ways, our worlds are complete opposites— people in your world fear primals, while the Espers in my own fear humans.