by Will Stanton » Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:20 pm
And here is where Sam was wrong. Not crushingly wrong, not overwhelmingly wrong, but where the basic differences in Sam's existence and Will's existence came into play.
Sam was, in a sense, three beings which made up one whole. Badb, Macha, and Nemain all had their own distinct attributes and characteristics, and it was only when they were combined and in balance that they were Sam (or, rather, the Morrigan, though the line between them was nebulous at best).
Will, though? Will was one being who became many. It wasn't that someone in the crowd had been the pot -- they all had been the pot. And even if that had happened post-mirror, then all of them would have remembered being the pot -- that was, after all, the point of them all coming together; distinct experiences and memories being connected in one, coherent whole. Sure, some of the aspects of Will currently out and about would have different opinions and affinities towards the pot, but it was still a shared experience between them all. They all were Will, after all.
And thus, it wasn't just one Will drawn towards the circle. All four of the free and unbound Wills were drawn in, eying the circle with different reactions -- curiosity, want, caution, skepticism. And the mass outside, still mostly bound together (for how many velvet ropes does one club need?) also squirmed and twisted.
They were all drawn to it, in their own fashion.