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I dont belong here.
That was my first thought when waking up in this body, and it has repeated in the back of my mind since.
I was trapped. Trapped in mortal body, in a plane so severely limited compared to what I'm used to. How these humans managed this, I have no clue.
And I would likely never know, because in my revenge fueled haze I had destroyed the underground center that held all the answers.
At least I was present enough to gather all of my pieces before I did so.
The insolent humans had at least some intelligence, despite attempting to control a being they couldn't comprehend the true form of. They had separated my consciousness into multiple flesh bodies, each holding a portion of my power. And they had somehow managed to cut the mental thread that connected all aspects of myself, leaving me alone without even my whole self to keep me company. The memories of each of my parts before I rejoined with them were unpleasant.
Still, even as I occupy the body of a scientist, with a large network of myself underground, I am not as full power.
No, in order to get there I need to escape this flesh vessel. And I'm not sure if it dying would free me.
Though the idea to try is tempting, with this body feeling more restricting and crushing by the minute, I don't want to end my existence. I had been alive far too long to give up now.
Though..
Thinking about it, this is the most exciting thing that's happened to me in a while. I don't have a concept of time like the mortals do, with my true form not aging like theirs do there is no point. But I know my existence has lasted far longer than these humans have, and in that time I had found myself growing bored.
Sure, watching the humans and their development had become an interesting past-time. Despite their limited forms, they have accomplished a great deal more than the mortals have before them. And that's not even including these odd abilities they've taken a hold of.
Abilities which I could see, when I was in my true form, were encroaching into my plane of reality over time.
But, even with that form of entertainment, things stagnated. Developments stopped, in favor of the new abilities. Which was fair, such a thing was interesting and powerful, but it was something these humans were born with.
I had found it more entertaining when they would reach for things that would take them generations to accomplish. I had hoped I would get to see them reach space, and what sorts of advancements they would make when faced with something much bigger than them.
But no, they got an easy route to power handed to them and immediately got lazy.
All of this is to say, the change in pace isn't unwelcome. Before, I couldn't directly affect this plane without destroying everything in it. Much like a human walking over an ant hill. And there were no other 'ant hills' to practice the gentle-ness I would need until I could do something.
But now..
Well, now I could possibly come to a better understanding. I had known before that there was odd complexities to the way humans worked. I had learned their languages, as odd as such a concept was, and heard mention of 'cultures', of how different groups of humans hold different beliefs and experience. It was.. interesting, and now I could have a first-hand view of it.
I couldn't understand as an outsider, but maybe this predicament has given me a chance. A chance to learn what I couldn't before, to add more knowledge to my long life's experience.
With determination in my mind, I direct my human disguise towards the nearest city.
I will make the most of this unfortunate situation I'm stuck in.