[Marianne's attendance at the execution is partly in support her friends who were among Josselyn's victims, and partly because she feels like she should be there.
She knows nothing about the gods of this land, but as a deeply religious person she wishes to appease them all the same. The reverence with which she approaches the task isn't at all incongruous with her own faith; the way that she sees it, the gods of this world look after it much like her own Goddess looks after Fódlan. To show deference is the least she can do.
She stops at the arch with The Hanged Man Arcana, bowing her head in prayer for lack of anything in her possession worth offering. From there, she takes her place toward the back of the crowd, where she watches the ritual execution with slowly growing horror. Of all the possibilities she had imagined, this gruesome display certainly wasn't among them. The Goddess and the Church of Seiros are not always kind and merciful, but this... this is something else entirely.
Marianne notes to herself that the gods of this world are not to be crossed.
After the execution ends, she approaches the pile of sheepskin and bones that once was Josselyn Creed and bows her head slightly.]
It's not my place to accept this punishment or not. And... I'm not sure I have the stomach for it anyway. I'm sorry.
[Yes, she's talking to the gods via the mess they've left behind.
From there, Marianne makes her way back to the portal.]
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She knows nothing about the gods of this land, but as a deeply religious person she wishes to appease them all the same. The reverence with which she approaches the task isn't at all incongruous with her own faith; the way that she sees it, the gods of this world look after it much like her own Goddess looks after Fódlan. To show deference is the least she can do.
She stops at the arch with The Hanged Man Arcana, bowing her head in prayer for lack of anything in her possession worth offering. From there, she takes her place toward the back of the crowd, where she watches the ritual execution with slowly growing horror. Of all the possibilities she had imagined, this gruesome display certainly wasn't among them. The Goddess and the Church of Seiros are not always kind and merciful, but this... this is something else entirely.
Marianne notes to herself that the gods of this world are not to be crossed.
After the execution ends, she approaches the pile of sheepskin and bones that once was Josselyn Creed and bows her head slightly.]
It's not my place to accept this punishment or not. And... I'm not sure I have the stomach for it anyway. I'm sorry.
[Yes, she's talking to the gods via the mess they've left behind.
From there, Marianne makes her way back to the portal.]