If it was offensive, it doesn't seem to make Kyle angry, so Istredd assumes the question is fine. He does understand that people have reasons to have faith. For example, the gods and heralds in this world are real, they have demonstrated proof. This is not speculation or blind faith, it is reality. He may not be interested in building shrines to anyone, but he can see what is right in front of his eyes.

His partner also is some holy creature whose father is literally God in his sphere. Religions are real in some worlds. That is fact. He's fine with it, even if he isn't in a hurry to call on any gods himself. It seems like a bad idea inherently.

"I started thinking about it since our conversation in my library." Istredd hadn't forgotten. They did get sidelined by other things, like the experimentation of the Summoned, but he rarely forgets a conversation that gets him dwelling. "There are people in the Summoned right now who have powers far and above what is normal here. Given time and legends? It would be easy to see them as gods after a dozen generations."

So basically, Istredd thinks they are probably right. Or at least on a track that could be right, except no easy way to prove the theory. "Let's say, theoretically, when the Summoning happened thousands of years ago, a few of those people had the same kind of power. And Solvunn, where that mage settled, is the only place that still believes. Maybe they lived there, like we live here."