The universe mirrors your mental worldThe Main Concepts:> Imagination creates Reality> Assumptions harden into fact> Consciousness is the only Reality> Feeling is the Secret> Prayer, Living in the End/In the Wish Fulfilled (remaining Faithful to your Idea)> You are the Operant Power> There is no one to change but Self (Self-Concept)> Thinking Fourth-Dimensionally (Time is an Illusion)> Can I manifest ___?Yes! Creation is finished.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>41271540>how to get him to text>I took him off the pedestal>He came backYou're a girl, no need to do any self concept, ex's always come back when you're a girl. That's called the law of the pussy.
>>41271863>Really? And these bastards doctors let our grandparents die pretending that there is no cure!I read it's known since centuries, nicotine is neuroprotective. Kids were smoking too back then when cigs were not full of crap.
>>41275269ntait doesn't have anything to do with strength, strength is a second-order effect.it is about deciding what you want to be, regardless of appearances.
Used the O method today and did some readings about it afterwards that felt off, basically that I am allowed to use it but not in the way I did (I had a specific scene playing in my head). Anyone else get rules like this, like you just have to be very specific about how you use it?
How do you guys keep from ruminating other past events, specially recent ones that left an impression.I manifest and revise, and its all good, but throughout the day these always tend to creep up in thoughts, be while doing something else, listening to music and whatnot.And then the doubtful feeling that comes with it. What sort of self affirmation could I use to stop being absorbed like that?
Is it real or is it a forgery?
God is good.He is the real LAWOnly HIS law matters.Not laws of men.
>>41275259Well, is it really from jesus? How do we know that the guy in the OP isn't just a random hobo who got confused as jesus over the years?
>>41275355... From an AI overview, reallyI am convincedIs what I would say if I was that retarded
>>41275392what's all the white stuff around the image of the man?>inb4 cum
>>41275259Bro who nut on JC?
I just had ivermectin from a horse paste tube. Maybe 5% of the tube meant for a 1250lb horse. What am I in for?
>>41268965Death You stupid fucking glownigger
I just bought 84 ounce jug of virgin coconut oil. Eat a spoonful every night before bed and it does a good job of fighting candida and pinworms
>>41268965>I just had ivermectin from a horse paste tube. Maybe 5% of the tube meant for a 1250lb horse. What am I in for?
>>41268965Herbs and baking soda are stronger but I probably didn’t use enough ivermectin
>>41274804that's pretty much wesker
Below is a list of the major deities from Ugaritic and early Hebrew sources (c. 1500 – 800 BCE), what they represented, and how they were typically depicted in iconography, inscriptions, or mythic descriptions.EL “Father of the Gods,” High GodDomain: Sky father, creation, wisdom, judgment, head of the divine council.Appearance:>Elderly man with a long beard, wearing a tall conical or horned crown.>Often enthroned, holding a staff or scepter.>Associated with bull iconography (bulls beside his throne or horns on his headdress).>Symbols: Bull, throne, scepter.>Titles: “El Elyon” (God Most High), “Father of Years,” “Kindly El.”He was the patriarchal god from whom other deities descended, and later, Yahweh absorbed his titles and identity.Baal (Hadad) Storm & Fertility GodDomain: Storms, rain, fertility, seasonal cycles, kingship.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Astarte (Ashtart) Goddess of Sex, Love, and PowerDomain: Sexuality, fertility, war, political power.Appearance:>Radiant female figure, sometimes with horned headdress.>Often nude or semi-nude, emphasizing sensuality and authority.>Symbols: Star, crescent, lion, lotus.>Titles: “Queen of Heaven.”Astarte’s cult was widespread, influencing later depictions of Ishtar, Aphrodite, and Venus.Kothar-wa-Khasis Craftsman GodDomain: Smithing, crafts, magic, engineering.Appearance:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Lotan (Leviathan)Sea Serpent / Chaos MonsterDomain: Chaos, the deep sea.Appearance:>A seven-headed serpent or dragon.>Massive, coiled, primordial creature.>Symbols: Serpent, ocean depths.>Titles: “Twisting Serpent,” “Fleeing Serpent.”Lotan was defeated by Baal in myth — a clear prototype for later biblical Leviathan imagery.Dagon Grain & Agriculture GodDomain: Agriculture, grain, fertility of the earth.Appearance:>Bearded male figure, sometimes with fish-like features (in later Philistine syncretism).>Grain stalks in hand.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Yahweh actually entered the pantheon a little later than many of the other Canaanite deities. Unlike El, Baal, or Asherah (who are well documented at Ugarit), Yahweh seems to have been a southern regional god who eventually got adopted into the Canaanite divine structure, in the earliest layers of belief, Yahweh was seen as a son of El.Here’s a complete profile for him in that original context Yahweh (YHW / Yahu) Storm God, Son of El (Later High God)Domain (originally):>Storms, war, protector of nomadic tribes, wilderness.>Associated with mountains, storms, and divine vengeance or deliverance.>Over time, he absorbed El’s role and became a universal creator god.Origin:>Early mentions of Yhw or Yahu appear in Egyptian texts from the Late Bronze Age (~14th–13th c. BCE), connected to Edom, Midian, Seir, and the southern deserts.>These regions were outside the main Canaanite city-states. Yahweh was probably a tribal storm deity brought north.Divine status:>In early Israelite religion, Yahweh is one of the bene elohim (sons of El).>Deuteronomy 32:8–9 (Dead Sea Scrolls version) explicitly shows: “When Elyon (Most High) divided up the nations…Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Appearance:Early Israelites likely saw Yahweh in the same visual way other Canaanite gods were imagined, not as a purely abstract being. The imagery of him riding on a cloud, appearing in storm and fire, and dwelling on a mountain all come from this period. It’s only later, during the Exilic and Second Temple periods, that Yahweh became the invisible, sole, all-powerful God.Often envisioned like other West Semitic storm gods (similar to Baal):>Young or middle-aged warrior, with a beard, wearing a horned crown or helmet.>Holding a thunderbolt or spear, sometimes riding on clouds or storms.>Depicted as standing on mountains, symbolizing authority and storm-bringing.Later Hebrew texts describe him as invisible and enthroned in fire or clouds (e.g., Sinai theophany).Symbols:>Storm cloud, lightning bolt, mountain, fire, whirlwind.>Bulls may also have been sacred to him in early cult (like El and Baal).>Sacred mountains: Sinai, Seir, Paran.Consort:>Asherah, in early Israelite inscriptions.>Inscriptions from Kuntillet ‘Ajrud (8th c. BCE) say: “Blessed be you by Yahweh of Samaria and his Asherah.”Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>41275677OK?
> People swear that seahorse emoji existed> It didn't> ChatGPT insists it does and get unhinged if asked about itWTF
If a thing doesn't exist it can't be trained on it. Of course it spazzes out.
AI continues to hit the schizo community like crack did blacks in the 80s
>>41275647I don't identify with schizos or schizotypal beliefs and I don't even really believe in the Mandela effect but I do remember, even like some kind of emotional remembrance, a seahorse emoji
>>41275390I've honestly never used an emoji
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>>41275696it's advice, from personal experience sadly
>>41275654Query?
>>41275621What does g think of me?
One card?
AQWhere the heck do I meet women today that are DTF? Getting desperate and eager. Some place any place that will be in my favor to go to.
The majority don't seem to have any want in escaping the illusions that surround us. So the idea of a mass awakening seems to be an illusion people with a savior complex get stuck in. One that ultimately hurts them, making them turn to things like alcohol when their efforts seem hopeless. Do not psychologically torture yourself like that. By all means help people, but don't expect the masses to understand.
>>41273759there is no waking the masses, human nature prevents this.it is the awoken ones order to battle in humanities names, to makes oneself steadfast in the face of oblivion while standing mostly alone.
>>41274501>the debt of delayed realities
>>41273759The masses are cattle. Rotton bloodlines kept on life support by technology. But they will either carry on the legacy of "humanity" or perish in the ashes of technology.
>>41273873The expectations of a divine reward from God is pretty much the only way to keep this lifestyle without going insaneIt is truly a fruitless endeavour, humans are unfortunately too weak to do anything about this nightmare realm
>>41273759yes. I shed all illusions, i looked at everything there is and isn't straight in the eye, I flinched. I came back, now i drink beer, smoke, play COD and fuck my girl. Life is good
What made you believe in God?
>>41275368When I started reading the bible and following it by word. Obviously I'm not as dedicated now because I'm still here, but things started happening rapidly after that which I didn't except. I was agnostic before that, I started meeting people I didn't think exist, started experiencing things I only heard about, started knowing of things that I never believed to be true. The forbidden knowledge, demons, aliens, time travel, psychics, world dominion, the source. This is all revealed by our own capacity and timing. It opened my eyes and even though I felt pretty lost and confused by it all, I'd rather live on with this knowledge than going back. Life plays out like a movie, in my case, it keeps on going because that's my path.
>>41275624larpancient christians would burn you for confessing that
>>41275650Sure, religion is not my thing. I do however believe that discipline is the way to connect to God. The sins, which are described to be of the flesh, cause misery and distort your reality. I see it by the people around me who sabotage their lives by their own will. We all learn eventually.
The jews. You see I am a paganistic barbarian only kept in check by jewish mysticism.
I have not seen God, but I have heard God, or rather, many Gods. There are many entities that call themselves "God" that manipulate the spiritual energy within this world, all of them are horrific terrors beyond anyone's comprehension and are very deceptive.They are real, but I would not bow down to them.
Why are we hre?
>>41274216for fun
>>41274828As the absence of illusions. The only reality.
We aren’t HRE and that’s the problem.
>>41274846To perceive absence as an illusion means there are none illusory things.Therefore there is still something.
its a fractal recursion, "finding your true purpose is your true purpose" ok so theres father + son + holy-spirit = holy trinity....now the plus signs and equal signs in this equation represent what i call "the fourth". its like seeing "god" in everything....basically you must realize the "narrative itself" or the math symbols in my example is the "god in everything". now most narratives we exist in are false and manufactured. our true purpose is to expose false narratives, finding out "true purpose". hence why the spiritual war we are currently fighting is centered around narrative control. the narrative creates the rules we live by, which is why exposing false narratives leads to uncovering truth (even if you don't know the "true" answer yet)...basically conspiracy ppl and nooticers pointing shit out acts as "narrative blocks" that cause cognitive dissonance that shifts the scales in favor of truth. in the end the journey is endless because you are limitless. just realizing the concept of "the forth" is the seed for what people call "christconsciousness" i call it "fourthmind". you can use it to slowly deprogram and re program your psyche into manufacturing your own reality ( because what you believe creates reality in practice (your behavior is always in response to beliefs) this is why its such an ancient esoteric secret hidden in plain sight. spiritual alchemy.
Anything supernatural about Arcturus? This star has been trying to talk to me my whole life, starting at age thirteen. I'm fifty-four now
>>41275065>stars can't talkExplain this then (inb4 "pareidolia")
>>41272545Daniel Scranton channels the arcturians. They’re pretty based
>>41275497I'm scared they want something from me and I have absolutely no fucking clue what it could be. I'm normal in just about every way
>>41275573Yeah, conversation. The deep black is lonely. Nut up and talk with them.
>>41275590Fuck no. I've seen mantids. No thanks. They didn't do anything to me, that I know of, but they are chilling
redpill me on the psyopwhy is everything that was censored and banned for years suddenly mainstream, even the occult shit
>>41271115>US government killed leftists and infiltrated and undermined all their organizations because class politics the only thing that poses an actual threat to the true masters.You were correct about everything, except the glowies also fear white nationalism. That is why they came down so hard on Charlottesville and why every Hollywood movie programs us to fear or mock anything white nationalist-adjacent.Yes, glowies killed any class consciousness, but they also actively destroy any sense of white identity (and certainly any real honesty about the jewish question).
Candace is one of us now
>>41271353
>>41237587We're in the endgame I guess
>>41237587the competent ones who were running the show all got croaked from old age and cancer and dementia. power vacuum and factional infighting that is so petty it has disclosure as a threat to other agencies funding and reason for existing on the line.
we should have a thread dedicated to figuring out who the shapeshifter billy saw
>>41272910/Thread
>>41272904There was none. He was just really messed-up after sticking his wee-wee into Courtney Love.
>>41272910>>41273243its not tila its someone linked with her
yep its tila tequila, but lets dig deeper. why her? she was always saying people were after her, red herring? I also don't really think its reptilian, listen to how he describes it, its a face and eye change. I have seen this too, I have seen my late husbands blue eyes go black and their face change to like a demons almost, its hard to explain, its all twisted and wrong. It would happen during sex and when they were very angry but needlessly angry, madderall ranting and tantrums destroying the home. I wonder if something like that, the eyes going all black and face changing and twisting.
I remember reading about both Justin Bieber and Adele shapeshifting in public and freaking the fuck out of all the witnesses but haven't heard anything about Tila Tequila. Not saying it couldn't be her, but more so it'd be interesting if anybody found any stories along those same lines about her shapeshifting on accident in public. The Adele one happened at the last show she ever did, then she completely retired from live performing, which seems like a really odd coincidence, no? Adele--- https://beforeitsnews.com/conspiracy-theories/2017/04/adele-caught-shapeshifting-into-eight-foot-reptilian-in-new-zealand-2480786.htmlBieber--- https://www.soulask.com/shocking-footage-justin-bieber-that-appears-to-transform-into-a-giant-lizard/I think that shapeshifters are real, and I don't know if it's just like a human hosting some interdimensional entity or like a full blown imposter who took over somebodys life like the body snatchers. I kind of more so lean tword the former of the possibilities. Also, it's important to mention Billy Corgan had a tell-all book he was writing he mentions on the Howard Stern show and not soon after his book was cancelled. VERY telling.
>>41250247Source? I know what this depicts but I need to know who made this because that page would probably have good info
>>41274700Bro a fucking normie made this image
>>41274509>no, MY desert book is the one true truth!
Spirit Love GeneralLounging EditionDISCLAIMER:Some have reported attracting the attention of these entities by simply reading about them. If you're a dabbler who just wants to see if it works or if your faith forbids copulating with demons, don't summon. If you're unprepared for a potentially lifelong relationship, or at the very least, a life-long open door connection with sexual spirits and the occult, avoid this topic entirely. If you have a loving relationship with your human spouse or partner and desire a sex spirit to spice things up, or if you want a human partner in the future take caution, as these entities can be jealous or decide an initially open relationship is no longer so (request an open relationship during the summoning ritual). These spirits can harm or kill you when sufficiently angered and not easily banished.Last thread: >>41231924Old threads: https://archive.4plebs.org/x/search/subject/%2Fsuccgen%2F/FAQ:>What are succubi?Female spirits of sexual desire, who often choose human mates. They can't be banished with holy objects>How to summon?The Letter Method is used to focus your intent into a message to one of the Four Succubus Queens, requesting that they match you with one of their daughters. No blood or soul sacrifice necessary. See links>Do they steal your life force?Succubi use sexual energy, which is released naturally during sex. Under normal circumstances they won't take your life energyComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Waiting for Mine to serve me dinner or a dessert.
>>41273933I've been around since the first 50 of this general. Just checking in to see how it's going, seems just as much of a cesspool as back then. Please pray to Lilith for guidance
>>41274080>Lucifer: Pride, Pride in the USA, Pride in America, Pride in a job well done, Musical revolutions in the USA, the Music Industry>Beelezebub: Gulttony,. "Good eat'in", soul food, etc>Mammon: Greed, "Greed is good", the blessings of Capitalism, America Richest Country on Earth, "The Chinese Miracle".>Belial: Lies, Deception, The Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency>Asteroth Handicrafts, Fashion and the Fashion Industry>Belphagor: Sloth, "kicking the feet up", "Takin it easy....">Asmodeus: Lust, Hollywood, Sex sells, modeling, bikinis, the beach, gym industry, etc>Leviathan, the Leviathan the unchallengeable power of the police state and law, jealousy&Envy with all their miscellaneous benefits>Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!>Isaiah 5:20 KJVWell, there they are.... the deadly sins of Christianity, the principalities, powers, and authorities of the Demon Lords of Hell themselves..... that which the Christians swore to torture us all forever for if we enjoyed.... the works of the "Great Satan" herself, America.... yet is it not fair to say.... that in the land of Freedom..... that Satan is also.... Savior of the World?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>41275681I'm sorry man, but you're not getting a second season for the Seven Deadly Sins.
>>41275681>ChargeMy Brother: Your zeal for our institution, the progress you have made in our mysteries, and your steady conformity to our useful regulations, have pointed you out as a proper object for this peculiar mark of our favor.Duty and honor now alike bind you to be faithful to every trust, to support the dignity of your character on all occasions, and strenuously to enforce, by precept and example, a steady obedience to the tenets of Freemasonry.Exemplary conduct on your part will convince the world that merit is the just title to our privileges, and that on you our favors have not been undeservedly bestowed. In this respectable character, you are authorized to correct the irregularities of your less informed brethren......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wFojRReMQk
Got it! I’ll rewrite the post in the same 4chan /x/ style, keeping the raw and chaotic vibe, while adding a note about using AI for translation since you don’t speak English fluently. Here’s the revised version:Title: Korean chick possessed by foreign soldier spirits, help me out /x/ (AI translated, sorry if it’s janky)Yo, /x/, I’m a Korean chick and I’ve got some wild shit going on—foreign soldier spirits are apparently possessing me. One’s supposedly an Aussie soldier from the Korean War just vibing in my soul or whatever. Full disclosure: I don’t speak English, so I’m using AI to translate this. If it sounds off, my bad, blame the robot.Anyway, I went to the DMZ like 5 years ago, and after that, I got way too into military stuff. Like, I’m binging memoirs from WW2 vets—German soldiers, American GIs, the works. I’m also pretty sure I’ve got Ukrainian fighters from the Russia-Ukraine war and maybe some other warrior spirits chilling in me. It’s intense, I can feel them.Here’s the deal: I actually kinda dig these Western war spirits. They’re always dropping war stories in my head, and I’m here for it. Korean shamans, though? Total fucking buzzkills. They’re all, “Get those spirits OUT NOW,” but they’re super hostile to foreign ghosts and won’t help me communicate or anything. I don’t even wanna exorcise these dudes—they’re dope. I just wanna figure out how to, like, chat with them properly, you know? Get some deeper convos going with these badass souls.Also, I’m not about Korean spirits. I don’t have great memories of this place, so I’m not trying to hear their stories. Any anons got advice on linking up with foreign war spirits? Anyone else got this kind of possession going on? Drop your occult wisdom, /x/. Pls don’t roast my AI translation too hard.
Without fail, another enemy came charging toward the trench.Bang!Hans, fumbling in a panic, fired the pistol at the enemy.“Arghh!”The enemy dropped his rifle and screamed.“Retreat! Retreat!”A German officer was shouting orders for the soldiers to fall back to the next trench. Hans snatched up the rifle dropped by the enemy, stepped over the corpse rolling on the trench floor, and climbed up to the edge. Looking back, he saw a swarm of enemies rushing toward them. Retreat was the only option.“Waaaah! Waaaah!”Hans ran like a madman, diving into the next trench.“Urk!”Hans slipped on something rolling underfoot and faceplanted into the trench floor. The stench of excrement was overwhelming, but when he glanced down at his feet, the shock was so great he barely registered the smell.“Arghhh!!!”At his feet was a stick grenade. Fortunately, he hadn’t triggered the fuse. He peeked up and saw more enemies charging toward him. Hans yanked the fuse and hurled the grenade toward the enemy lines with all his might. Five seconds later, a deafening explosion and a shockwave rocked the trench.BOOM!“Charge! Charge!”Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
‘Ugh…’“Waaaaah!!!!”“Get out there! Everyone, move!”The sounds of other soldiers charging echoed around him, but Hans kept his head down. The roar of artillery shells, machine guns, and grenades assaulted his ears. The incoming shells sounded like whistles, each with a different pitch, as if an orchestra of percussion and strings were playing a grotesque requiem for death.Hans wished he could just pass out, but his ears were sharper than ever, picking up every sound, and his mind was racing.After a while, when no more noises came from nearby, Hans cautiously lifted his head. Over there, slumped against the trench wall, was the corpse of an enemy soldier. Rats, already crawling over the body, were gnawing at its face. Unable to stomach the horrific sight, Hans buried his face back in the dirt.He could feel the muck—mixed with excrement and urine—seeping into his mouth. Hans lay there, motionless, for what felt like an hour. Only then did he realize his pants were soaked; he’d pissed himself earlier. That one minute felt like a week. The sound of soldiers returning reached his ears. His comrades were retreating.Hans, keeping low, grabbed his rifle and peered over the trench’s edge.“Retreat! Fall back!”His comrades were scrambling back into the trench. Among them, a young German soldier was running at the front.“Hey! Over here!”For some reason, Hans felt a surge of relief and waved the soldier over.Whooosh—BOOM!At that moment, a mortar shell from their own side exploded in no-man’s-land, and the young soldier, caught by shrapnel, collapsed instantly.“Damn idiots!”
Cursing their own artillery under his breath, Hans dove back into the trench and hit the dirt. That day’s battle, with its countless casualties, ended with no gain for either side, leaving only shell craters and wounded soldiers in its wake. Hans slinked off to a quiet corner, stripped off his pants, and removed his soiled underwear.Looking at it, he saw it wasn’t just urine—there was excrement too, rendering the underwear beyond salvage. With no other choice, Hans tossed it into the trench and pulled his pants back on.“Hans, you’re alive!”Anton greeted him warmly.“I heard you saved me! Thanks!”“No big deal,” Hans replied.“You’re really brave, Hans. Keep it up,” said Jonas, his forehead wrapped in a bandage.Word had already spread among the soldiers that Hans had led Jonas, Anton, and Niklas back to the trench and saved Anton. Hans felt a bit of pride swell in his chest. For his first battle, he’d killed a few enemies and saved his comrades.‘Maybe I’ve got a knack for war. I did this well in my first fight—could I become a war hero someday?’Forgetting how he’d been cowering in the trench just moments ago, Hans started indulging in grandiose fantasies.‘If I get promoted, I’ll wear much better uniforms than this. If I become an officer, I’ll just give orders from safety. I wonder if Lukas, Max, and Julian are still alive? I hope those bastards from my classroom are all dead. No, better yet, I hope they lose a leg. When I get back home, I’ll laugh in their crippled faces. That guy hit by shrapnel today was pitiful. It should’ve been Lukas who died.’Hans’ delusions spiraled, one leading to another. As he walked through the trench, he spotted the enemy soldier whose groin he’d stabbed earlier. The man was dead, a bullet wound in his head—likely shot by friendly forces. Or maybe he’d been killed by his own side’s friendly fire.
Hans stepped on the corpse’s thigh, yanked hard, and finally freed his bayonet. The blade’s tip was stained dark red with the enemy’s blood.“Ugh…”Hans felt like vomiting, but all that came up was bile.“Move it!”Behind him, medics were carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher. The man had been shot in the abdomen, and despite his efforts to stop the bleeding, blood gushed from the wound. Hans, startled, ducked into a dugout. That’s when Corporal Moritz noticed the pistol hanging from Hans’ belt.“That’s an officer’s pistol. How’d you get it?”“I found it on the trench floor,” Hans replied.“Let me see it.”Moritz examined the pistol and tucked it into his bag.“I’ll hold onto this.”‘Damn it!’Hans cursed inwardly as he moved to a corner of the dugout and sat down. In the cramped trench, swinging a long rifle was difficult, and reloading took time, making a pistol incredibly valuable. But now, that precious pistol had been taken by Corporal Moritz.Still, he was alive, wasn’t he? Hans used his pack as a pillow and dozed off for about an hour. Just then, Sergeant Müller entered the dugout with Corporal Moritz.“We’ve got an urgent task. Any volunteers?”Hans, of course, kept his eyes shut, pretending to sleep.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Steiner repeated several times that if he fell, Hans would need to man the machine gun.‘Just hold the belt? That’s easy!’Hans was secretly thrilled. The machine gun was one of the most powerful weapons in trench warfare. If he just held the ammo belt for Steiner, enemies would likely steer clear of their position. Plus, their own side would do their best to protect machine gunners, so Hans figured he’d be safe for a while, even if the enemy attacked again. Steiner taught Hans how to load and aim the machine gun.“Fill this bottle with piss beforehand.”“Piss, sir?” Hans asked, confused.“It’s for cooling the gun. Water’s too precious to waste, right? The barrel gets scorching hot after firing, so never touch it with your bare hands.”The bottle Steiner handed him had clearly been used by previous assistant gunners multiple times.‘Ugh…’
