"This deity thinks so too."

"This event is outside all known parameters and functions of the System catalogued in the database. Paladin Hound is registered on the system as a rank 5 job class available to Paladins of Artemis, and does not have a known Squire form. It also violates job pathway boundaries, as Squire jobs are the immature form of Knight Pathway Jobs, not Priest Pathway Jobs."

"The system had a bunch of excess EXP to burn and it cooked, no scooby-doo mystery here Mundi Mundi."

"The temperature variations during the process are indeed within cooking parameters."

"Now you're just fucking with me."

"This Holographic form is incapable of exerting physical touch and therefore engage in coitus with the subject."

Carnachias send a pointed questioning look towards Mundus, while Melanoche approached Damaskinos after reading the entire prompt. She looked him in the eye, before nodding with her head. The Priest executed his Gods will and selected the only option presented to him, and a gentle blue light shone from both his dark core and white soul, before it settled back to normal without great changes or fanfare.

The entire space started to fade before Damaskinos eyes, a colorless fog of sorts covering all. Carnachias started to wave him goodbye while saying something, but no sound came to him, before turning to Melanoche and scolding her, probably for prompting him to finish the Rank-Up without warning her first. It would probably be much more than a year before they saw each other again this time, and he would count every second.

The fading continued until Damaskinos felt the weight of his flesh surround him, his blood flowing in his veins to the sound of his beating heart. He opened his eyes.