Henry considered it all and nodded. He had thought of it as expansion, but it was hard to believe in the veracity of Tabula Rasa. Even the Greeks like Hippocrates or Galen seemed to have known that special parents produce special children. There was a dependence of sorts between what came before and later. Nothing started in emptiness, not in the physical world. He had to have some seed that allowed him to be different. The very fact that Rena mentioned him having barely any equals even in her own world had to mean his?special nature was highly pronounced. He?could wonder how it came to be, but had to accept it as true.
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"Yes, I must have some of that.?Although...I am?still wondering how," Hyde suddenly admitted. "Neither of my parents showed any signs of being thusly distinguished. Perhaps they were better at hiding how they felt, or if I inherited mine from somebody further down the ancestral line...How peculiar, that you must be right, and yet, the possibility never crossed my mind. Deeply meaningful it may be,?but true, that I already have what I have been trying to bring out..." Henry marveled.
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"As for demons, well I?am not a great believer in them, but?I think their main fault is, as far as?humans are concerned, at trying to get us to do what we already want to do at any rate, and choose not to, for unclear reasons. Look at all the medieval caricatures of the devils. They are not evil looking, not menacing, but a joke waiting to happen. As if they know something we do not. Something like, we want to do the bad thing and yet dare not, until we find their clawed hand graciously extending their unwelcome help. The Greeks, it seems they viewed them differently, to some degree. As a raw power, as a middle stage between godhood and humanity, that could help if it chose to, or was swayed by skillful sacrifices. Not such a bad deal the Greeks had with their demons, ancestor spirits or former heroes. No loss of soul, only some equity, I rather appreciate their style," Henry admitted with a sheepish grin at his own unquestionable wickedness.?
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