One With Nature

Passing Time: 4

I just sat there in the endless plain of white while staring at Tiamat's crimson eyes. I really didn't know what to say and she appeared to be looking me up and down, trying to evaluate me in some way.

I didn't say or do anything. How is someone supposed to react to meeting a Primordial Goddess?!

"Uh... hey?" I tried my best to start a conversation.

Tiamat's eyes finally looked back at mine. "How did you get here?" She asked.

"I... uh... swam down here and saw a... crack?" I explained.

"Who and what are you?" She asked again while tilting her head. "You are not one of my children," That was a statement, not a question.

She wasn't exactly wrong. I wasn't either human or God, and elementals are born from the world itself rather than born from external sources like deities or created from something.

The exception was only the Vampires born from Crimson Moon, and even then he had Gaia's help.

"I'm an Elemental," I said, completely used to being one right now. "I heard your crying and I came here."

"You are a child of the Heavenly Body?" She asked looking over me again.

Heavenly wha- oh, right! That's what planets are usually called, isn't it?

"You are not like the ones I've seen before," Tiamat commented while looking me in the eyes again. "I sense no mystical properties from within you."

"Yeah, I'm pretty unique," I commented while changing to my tree element, causing her eyes to widen.

"You... changed form?" She asked before narrowing her eyes. "No... you changed your element itself. How did you achieve that? Other children of the Heavenly Body are unable to do that without a great amount of effort."

"I seem to be able to bond with the elements themselves. A friend described me as 'the elements given a conscious'," I explained to her with a shrug. I still didn't know what I am exactly, but Enkidu's description of me is the closest thing to being right, so...

"Ah, so that is how you heard my voice," she said and I tilted my head at her in confusion, which she obviously noticed since she kept talking. "I am connected to the ocean, but my connection is specifically to the waters that bring life. That is why no god of the sea should hear my voice. You, however, are a being made purely of water, as such I am connected to you as well."

That... kind of makes sense? I don't know. Honestly, it DOES seem like the norm for the Nasuverse.

By the way, now that I'm in my tree element, I can sense the magical energy around. Most of the magical energy I sense are coming from the chains that are holding Tiamat, but her own power was nothing to scoff at.

It was faint. The power itself wasn't that strong, but it was still wide. It was honestly borderline endless. I guess the seals on her are keeping her power in check, but they still can't hide how big it is.

If the seals weren't there, I'd probably not even be able to think straight if I tried to sense her power.

"Why are you here?" Tiamat asked while tilting her head again. "Are you here to... help me?" Her voice sounded hopeful.

"Ah, well, I was trying to find out where the crying was coming from," I scratched the back of my head awkwardly. "As for helping you... well..."

What was I supposed to say? I mean, she seemed relatively... sane, I guess. Though, releasing her would undoubtedly have a LOT of negative drawbacks like gaining the attention of a lot of gods. The bad kind of attention.