


The company prospered through much of the 80s. The Cole family reclaimed the company in 1987 through a leveraged buyout. Cole National was taken private in 1984 by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. At the time Cole National consisted of Cole Vision, DBA Sears Optical, Montgomery Ward Vision, Cole Key Company, and several other subsidiaries. Things Remembered was founded as "Can Do" in 1967 as a subsidiary of Cole National Corporation by Joseph Edmund Cole. Their stores specialize in personalized gifts, messaging and engraving. Yes.Things Remembered is an American retailer with hundreds of retail locations throughout the United States. Think of possibilities! All the knowledge we can store! I shall call it. It repeats things too many times, but it answers questions! Very. I took a Praetor and gave it a mind core. I thought-what do centurions not do? They speak, but they are not smart. We have many centurions, all with different purposes.
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Will his fate ever bring me peace? Will I ever be free of him? Perhaps. My Paragon said it should be so, and it WILL be so. The trials by which each soul must find its peace, its eternity, after a lifetime of flawed mortality. All around me, the Ascended speak of the Path.I see it now, this path that I have always walked. That drive I felt in life took a new form. I served my people, yes, but at what cost?Īs I neared the end of my life, I realized I would depart having only taken from my world. In fact, beyond the art of war I had no skill of great value. I was not a maker before I came to Bastion. This recording shall serve as a reminder, in the eons to come. I was meditating on my life before and I recalled something most important.I have Kleia, after all! Like she says, I get a little better each time. I will be sent back to Oribos, and the Arbiter will peer at my soul and. Why am I so terrible at this? It all makes perfect sense when Kleia explains it, but when it comes time to act, I seem to forget all that I have learned. I felt strong, at first! But then I succumbed, as I always do. My Soulbind reassured me that I was ready. Today, I again attempted the Rite of Purity. I am told that writing things down grants one the ability to reflect and distance themselves from their problems.
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Find peace in the things I can control.ĭo it for Pelagos, Kleia. When will this drought end? What caused it in the first place? Do the Ascended know, or are they just as lost as we are? How I wish I had answers. They look up to me! Pelagos looks up to me. I feel it most acutely myself, but I must not show it. I see the frustration of my fellow Aspirants. This place has taught me patience, certainly, but still I find it tested. I asked again, today, when I can attempt my final rite.I have only questions, dear scroll, and no answers. I find myself asking if this was the only way. I tried to remind her of all that she had gained, but in the end. Of a life she no longer recognized save in records and writings. My temple was the last that stood between her and Ascension, and yet it was not pride that caused her to falter. I am not so vain as to think their fate was firmly within my control, but even so, the loss was sudden. Will you, dear parchment, relieve me of this burden I now carry? I find myself in need of reflection and my good friend Thenios bade me come here.Who are we without new aspirants to train? Marked with cautious but baseless optimism. After all, noble souls worthy of Bastion are not so common! But then a day passed. One moment we were greeting the newest arrivals, the next moment there were none.Īt first we felt it merely a pause. the steady stream of souls from Oribos to our realm simply. The Ascended came and went from Oribos in the usual way. I wish to recount what has become the most consequential day in our long history.She hopes to join Devos in the Temple of Loyalty, while I look to Purity for my destiny. I nearly forgot that we were supposed to be training!Īfter, we found a quiet spot to peer out toward Elysian Hold and we shared our dreams for the future. When we met at the sparring arena, it was if I had entered into a dance. We agreed that we would like to train together at the next available opportunity. We serenaded one another for hours before parting ways. Her name is Lysonia and we bonded over a mutual affinity for music. I met a most fascinating aspirant, recently.Comment by Kanegasi Eridia, Hand of Purity
