[It's not really said with any derision, unlike before. Back home, stories were power—the bigger, the better. Even modest figures from childhood could occupy a space in the Throne of Heroes alongside a King.
Gilgamesh turns the coin over, this way and that, smiling at his reflection in its polished surface.]
And all stories originate from the same source. They sprung from human imagination, to address timeless questions of courage, strength, and wisdom. So too from that there was a beginning.
[To Hermione, he holds out his hand with the coin. Little by little, bit by bit on his skin, his attire transforms into something better befitting his claim.]
I am that beginning, as King of Heroes, Gilgamesh.
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[It's not really said with any derision, unlike before. Back home, stories were power—the bigger, the better. Even modest figures from childhood could occupy a space in the Throne of Heroes alongside a King.
Gilgamesh turns the coin over, this way and that, smiling at his reflection in its polished surface.]
And all stories originate from the same source. They sprung from human imagination, to address timeless questions of courage, strength, and wisdom. So too from that there was a beginning.
[To Hermione, he holds out his hand with the coin. Little by little, bit by bit on his skin, his attire transforms into something better befitting his claim.]
I am that beginning, as King of Heroes, Gilgamesh.