Future↓Relic [Adam/Nathan]

All beings who were brought to conscious life suffered in some form or another. Animals had the simplistic instinct of being pushed towards living day to day to hunt and listen to their primal urges, while creatures with more developed brains endured anguish which was almost incomprehensible to those who lacked the proper awareness and cognitive functions to otherwise grasp. In fact, as the cliched saying goes, the more knowledge one acquires, the further this world seems to be increasingly more bleak and despair-inducing. At least, that is what Adam figured if one lacked the proper emotional intelligence to deal with transversing one conscious, soul and body through such a grim reality.

And that is why he stood before this frightened animal to offer him an alternative to this terrifying reality he found himself ensnared within. To Adam, Nathan's reduced state of being was a symbol of what he fought against in this world. As the male was far too spiteful to give into the abyss of death, the alteration of his human shell and to renounce his humanity to become something so horrifyingly different than it's original intended human essence. If he ever allowed himself to die, he'd sooner break his soul and do whatever it took to come back as human or not at all to avoid the same fate.

Which is why it was laughable that these creatures ruled over the world. As at the root of their essence, they were nothing more than superpowered animals enforcing their primal terrors on the world with how they regressed, tamed and controlled everything. Were humans any better? Hard to say, but he knew most other races within this life shared an affinity for the human form and that was no coincidence his mind.

Ahhhhhhhh -- but such self-indulgement thoughts weren't to be relished for too long. Adam forgot that he wasn't one of them and his mind came back to reality when he saw the sight of Nathan snarling, hissing and positioning his terrified body language to speak with his body that he was going to attack. To which -- Adam paid no mind to. On a primal level? Sure, Adam had a nauseating feeling in his gut, his heart was racing at a million miles per second in anticipation to the pain to come and his skin felt clammy to the core. However, his mind was anything but.

What was there to fear from a creature who was more afraid of you then you are of it? He was a human and this poor man had reduced himself to nothing more than a mindless beast. And men do not fear beast. It is why he remained opened and allowed him to act aggressively to vent, gallop around and get out his concerns in the most violent way possible.

Thus, as the sounds of explosions ripped through the cave following the frantic dash of the man's misshapen creature, Adam did not move from his spot. And so, as a consequence of this rash decision, the male suffered bodily harm to himself. His right arm suffered third-degree burns, which felt like nothing given how much nerve damage was inflicted upon him. No. What hurt him more was the pressure from the explosion as it felt like his vomited blood out of his guts, the sensation of fire swept his body and his bones felt as if they had been crushed by a giant of some kind.

With his vision blurred, ears ringing and body littered with wounds and cuts, the male still seemed to be standing and holding out his arms despite how tattered and beaten he looked. Again, he was not scared and only dared to approach closer as he maneuvered himself through the falling debris. The love within his heart could be felt to a greater degree at this point as his pink chi overfilled the cave; as this potent source of human emotion fueled his chi and granted it the supernatural blessing to deflect away any of the rocky projectiles which rained down upon Adam.

"You may very well kill me and make me go away, but I will give you something to help. I promise."

Even as blood started gushing out of the male's shirt, he found the strength to move on, embrace the vizard in a hug. Fully anticipating a savage reaction, Adam let go a placid sigh and acted on what he felt was right. As, if allowed to get this close, a knife was going to move at mach two speeds from out of Adam's chi. This knife was quite near and dear to the man's heart was it was one of the tools that he was going to use to cut through and end the stagnation of the world. It possessed the ability to purge the growth of what Adam determines to be "detriments to evolution".

By targeting the animalistic fears, anxiety, hurt and pain from his mind; Adam intended to revert his conscious back to where it was prior to whatever incident made him this way. Or, if that were not a reality, the mental barriers which prevented him from moving behind this spot and being attached to the stagnation of this cave were going to be released if allowed to fully flourish within his mind. In exchange, Adam was more than willing to give up his chi, bodily health or even his own life if this risk turned out to be wrong.

Why would he do such a thing? It's what made life worth living. To be able to make such decisions based on his human heart, mind and ability was what made him feel alive. The spite, the love, the intelligence, the emotion; all of it is what made him tick and gave him purpose. If he lacked these feelings, then his life would be worth less than an animal and he'd have no right to exist. Which is why, in his own twisted way, he wanted to free Nathan from that worthless reality to realize his own greatness as a creature that was once human.

"Just tell me: why are you this way....? What made you into this? You do not have to give me anything else if you don't want to."