Star: You're not gonna go down easy, huh? Dang.....
"Uses a spell to launch herself away from him instead"
"Everyone saw a bright flash of light! It appeared to come from where Queen Moon stood"
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"He was, because it was part of a deal they struck"
"Gaster didn't exist in the technical sense, but being shattered across time and space caused what little remained of his essence to gain fantastic powers"
"With them, he was able to resurrect Zant and grant him more power; in exchange for allowing him to retain these powers and claim new land for the Twilight in other worlds, Gaster wanted Zant to use his Shadow Beasts to gather up living beings, including people. Their bodies and physical forms would be used as a part of a machine and ritual to slowly but surely restore the things Gaster then lacked; a complete, intact SOUL, and a physical form."
"Gaster had a completely broken mind at the time, but his actions led to many innocents dying, all so he could restore himself"