Page 69 of Forgotten Arcane

Calia’s eyes widen, “Surely not?”

“I don’t know as much about these Gods as you do, obviously, but from what I’ve learned so far, I would say that is definitely something that they would do,” Coen replies.

“If that’s true, then it begs the question, what did Neith know that the Gods didn’t want her to remember?” Raiden asks.

“Fuck, you’re right. If it was the plan all along, then that’s the only reason that they would want Neith to lose her memories,” Calia curses.

“Can’t we just get my memories back and see what it is?” I ask, confused.

Reed shakes his head, “No, memories are extremely delicate, and so is memory magic. Your father probably isn’t even sure if he removed your memories or suppressed them.”

Eamon nods, “Reed is right. Even if your memories are just suppressed, getting them back is not possible. It hasn’t been done for an extremely long time because the person it was performed on always died, or went insane.”

“It’s the reason why your mother’s memories were never recovered, even though she desperately wanted to know where she came from,” Calia adds.

I frown, “So the Gods really are assholes then.”

“They’re prideful, arrogant, tend to have their best interest at heart and not yours, and never tell you the whole truth,” Eamon replies, somewhat bitterly.

“Some will genuinely help you, but there is no way of knowing if that’s the case or not,” Calia adds.

“It seems like they were a lot more involved in Trieneliea than they are now. No one talks about Gods like you do, and it seemed like a regular occurrence to have them involved in things,” Doc questions.

Calia nods, “Yes, they were certainly more involved and more well-known. They haven’t been around since Trieneliea shut.”

“Apart from when I came over,” I point out.

Eamon nods, “Yes. Apart from then, but that was the first and last time that any of us had seen them over here. The younger generation of supes aren’t really aware of them, as you know.”

“That’s true,” Raiden agrees.

Eamon sighs, “Unfortunately, there is nothing that we can do about it now, but it is something that you need to be aware of should you ever deal with them.”

Evander nods, his expression serious, “Agreed. We will definitely keep it in mind.”

“Also, bear in mind that this is just conjecture at this point. We have no proof that it was done for that reason. The Gods really are petty enough to do it just to punish Bhaltair. Especially since he knew how much turmoil it caused Emeri to not remember anything before she was sixteen, and of course, the Gods were aware of that as well,” Calia adds, with warning.

“She’s right, the Gods are not the average supernatural, hell, they aren’t even close to the strongest supe, they are far beyond that, and you do not want to cross them,” Eamon adds seriously.

“Understood,” Evander replies. “We have no intention of going up against the Gods and putting ourselves in unnecessary danger.”

“Besides, we’ve got plenty that we need to deal with. We don’t need to add to it,” I point out.

Calia smiles, looking relieved that we’re not going to make a plan to go up against the Gods. Honestly, that would be insane.

“Good. Do you have any other questions about the kelpies?” she asks once again, getting us back to the subject that we started talking about.

“What about how the lake appeared like it did?” Coen asks. “Is that something to do with Neith being a part of the royal bloodline?”

“Good question, and honestly, it could do, but I don’t really know for sure,” Eamon replies.

“I wasn’t aware that the kelpies had that kind of magic,” Calia adds, “but I could be wrong. We’re constantly learning about new things about supernatural creatures that we thought we had all figured out.”

“That’s a really good point,” Raiden agrees. “They recently found out that Warbalites can actually fly. For years, it was thought that their wings were too small, and it was by pure chance that they discovered that wasn’t the case.”

I have no idea what Warbalites are, but now is not the time to ask. I’ll make a note of it and either ask him about it later, or look it up myself. They sound cute, but like all supernatural creatures that sound cute, I would be willing to bet that isn’t actually the case.

I’ve learned over the years that the cuter the name of a supernatural creature, the more scary they are.

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