-Intrenzo 1:1-6
Many people don't like this verse because it makes Intrenzo sound mean and intolerant. To make things worse, this is often people's first impression of Intrenzo's thinking, since it begins his book. It certainly seems like Intrenzo is being openly hateful towards Ketasolir. Unfortunately, what people need to realize is that Intrenzo, being the god of reality, has a habit of stating everything in a blunt manner. Intrenzo is not the person you want to talk to if you want sympathy. Talk to Forenzo for that. Intrenzo is best with hard facts and deductions. Even though it seems like Intrenzo hates Ketasolir, he is really only stating facts. Ketasolir isn't like the other gods. He is mortal. When Intrenzo writes, "we don't need him here," he is again stating a fact. When he writes, "He doesn't belong here," he is really saying that Ketasolir believes that he doesn't belong. When Intrenzo says, "we don't need him, and he doesn't need us," he is stating that they can function without Ketasolir, and that Ketasolir can function without them. It sounds like Ketasolir is thought to be useless, but it really means that Ketasolir is thought to be more useful alone, in the old world, than with the other gods, on Atlas.
The most terrible sounding line is verse 1b, "then I smiled." Intrenzo isn't actually happy that Ketasolir is gone; he is actually happy that Ketasolir believes that what he is doing is the best thing he can do. It's the same sort of feeling you get at the end of a book, once all the characters have gone home and will never see each other again, but everything is the way it should be. It's the kind of happiness that comes with melancholy undertones. Intrenzo is saying that although he and Ketasolir will never see each other again, everything is the way it should be.
‒Emänyo
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