Gate of Memoirs/The Old Gods' Legacies

Were these powers gained by accident, or destiny? A blessing, or a curse?
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "The Demon" 	Music: "The Demon"
 	
*Hetepheres: Haah!
 	
*Leaping deftly between her foes, Hetepheres' chakram whistled through the air as their found their mark.
*It felt as if a phantom presence was guiding her every stride and stance—something undoubtly feline, yet humanoid at the same time.
 	
*Landing gracefully on her feet, the surge slowly ebbed out of her veins as she surveyed her handiwork.
 	
*Aesys: Impressive. Bast has chosen well.
 	
*Hetepheres: Oh!
*Hetepheres: Wait...Who?
 	
*Aesys: You received the relics of the one you call the cat goddess, did you not?
*Aesys beckons one of the cat spirits over, which winds around her ankles.
Music: "Dark Pursuit"	Music: "Dark Pursuit"
 	
*Hetepheres: You seem to know a lot more than you let on. What's really going on here?
*Hetepheres: Were we really just the few lucky ones out of a whole city of people?
*Hetepheres: Why did the gods turn their attention to us? What do they want?
 	
*A quiet moment passes between the two women, before Aesys' gaze forces Hetepheres to look away.
*There was something odd about that look—as if she were staring into an unpleasant revelation.
 	
*Aesys: Tell me, child. Where do you suppose this God-King of yours receives his powers?
*Aesys: The gods? Divine gifts from the blessed heavens?
*Aesys: These are doubtless the lies he must have fed his..."people."
 	
*Aesys: No, these powers...these Shards...
*Aesys: They are the remnants of the slain gods.
*Aesys: When that fiend was finally defeated, their spirits were released...
*Aesys: But so diminished were their strengths that they needed a vessel, lest they be consumed by the void of nonexistence.
 	
*Aesys: Take solace in the fact Bast deemed you worthy.
 	
*Hetepheres: Wait...You mean to say...
*Hetepheres: Each of us...the ones who were bestowed with power after Nef ended the God-King...
*Hetepheres: ...are vessels for the gods themselves?
 	
*Aesys: Yes. That would also account for your soldier friend's mastery over death; impartial Anubis, Arbiter of the dead, has chosen him.
 	
*These strangely familiar names send flashes of memories through Hetepheres' mind.
*Hetepheres: (Just like when I left that altar...)
 	
*Aesys: Fear not, child. Know that Bast will watch over you.
*Aesys: Trust in her instincts, and let her guide your path.
 	
*A deep rumble below ground causes Hetepheres to jump again, while Aesys throws a look back at an alleyway.
 	
*Aesys: We draw close to the source of the darkness.
*Aesys: Prepare yourself, Vessel of Bast.
*Aesys: This may be worse than I'd anticipated.