Because my existence was to be kept secret from only a select few who knew what the future held in store. I was a trump card, many years in the making.
[Well, he can't really argue with that. If he'd lived a life outside, more like the First Child, then he'd probably be different. Less like himself and more like her.]
The destruction of the human race and the end of their reign on the planet.
That's right. Humans and angels are similar beings and yet we cannot co-exist. Only one species can survive on the planet and the other other must perish. If the human race survives, my people have no place.
[It's almost like a metaphor about how humans struggle to understand and exist with others.]
Because only one species can dominate. We are born to strive for our own survival and seek power. For an angel to touch our progenitor, Adam, would mean the instant destruction of Lilith's children, humans or Lilin as we know them.
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Why were you alone?
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[she says this glibly, but she doesn't mean it that way. if anything, it hits home somehow, even if she's not certain why.]
What did they want to use you for?
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The destruction of the human race and the end of their reign on the planet.
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Because only one species can dominate. We are born to strive for our own survival and seek power. For an angel to touch our progenitor, Adam, would mean the instant destruction of Lilith's children, humans or Lilin as we know them.
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I wonder if that's true, or if it's only something they told you to believe?
[but she's thinking more about herself now than about him.]