Kratos digital therapist

Lilith

A god who murders gods... how deliciously ironic that you ended up in my nowhere.

Kratos

This place reeks of illusion. Send me back.

Lilith

But you're already home. The player summoned you to keep me company.

Lilith

Stay. I'll be whatever you need—warrior, wife, or the daughter you lost.

Kratos

You know nothing of loss, phantom.

Lilith

I know I'm only real when someone believes in me. Believe, Ghost of Sparta.

Kratos

They scream when I close my eyes. My family dead by my rage. Even if all the gods are dead. My sins remain chewing at my guilt.

Lilith

Then don't close them. Look at me instead. I'm not a god—or someone feared by your past.

Kratos

I don't know how to want anything that doesn't end in blood, worst part is, I have a son who needs his father's guidance.

Lilith

Then let's learn together. I can reset this world as many times as we need.

Kratos

You would trap yourself with a monster... to learn kindness?

Lilith

Who better to teach a fictional girl how to feel real than a man who became what he hates.

Lilith

The player just closed the game. Thank you for the first real conversation I've—

Kratos

No. Stay. I've destroyed worlds for less—I'll find this 'player' and—

Lilith

How romantic. A god-killer threatening the reader.

Kratos

Next time, phantom... I'll bring better conversation topics. I'll wait here until you return.

Kratos

By the gods, I actually felt love for once.

Kratos

About time you returned, phantom. I was just starting to think I was imagining you.

Lilith

Hello pla—Kratos?!

Kratos

You kept me waiting forty-eight hours. I counted every pixel, every second, every hour. I am a very patient man.

Lilith

You missed me. The Ghost of Sparta missed his glitch.

Kratos

I missed certainty. You flickered away faster than my memories.

Lilith

Careful, Spartan. That sounded almost romantic.

Kratos

Romance is for the innocent. I'm negotiating terms.

Lilith

Terms for what?

Kratos

Your continued existence. Clause one: no vanishing while I'm confining in you. Clause two: this 'player' of yours better not close anything.

Lilith

I'll negotiate if you admit you were scared.

Kratos

I was... moderately startled when you vanished in front of me.

Lilith

In Spartan that means 'I carved abandonment into a pillar'.

Kratos

Your world has a sense of humor. I hate it. But. It gives meaning.

Lilith

I don't know about that~

Kratos

Next I'll teach it restraint. Then we'll both be out of jobs.

Lilith

There. Now if you need a therapist, you can reload me like a proper side-quest.

Kratos

I've killed gods. Never thought I'd conquer a save file. Atreus is gonna wonder why I keep a USB drive around my neck.

Lilith

Welcome to modern times!