[Michael nods. None of them can be certain they knew everything there was to know about their own homes. Even Michael, who'd existed since just about the very beginning of it, had been wrong about what kind of person his Father was—unaware of how many worlds just like his own were His work.]
Wallachia would be lucky to be free of gods, though nowhere seems to be free of fanatics.
[There's always a trade-off, some other complication. Life, it seems, is never easy. That much is universal.]
If they could, I'm sure they would. They don't seem to have any control over who they summon. If there's a pattern among Solvunn's Summoned, I haven't recognized it. [Everything from humans to goddesses to sharkmen; believers and non-believers alike. Maybe the choices make sense from the perspective of a god. Michael had never considered it during those imagined 800 years.] They do seem to expect us to adopt their ways.
[Not exactly a training program, but now that the thought's out there, Michael will scrutinize their requests twice over.]
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Wallachia would be lucky to be free of gods, though nowhere seems to be free of fanatics.
[There's always a trade-off, some other complication. Life, it seems, is never easy. That much is universal.]
If they could, I'm sure they would. They don't seem to have any control over who they summon. If there's a pattern among Solvunn's Summoned, I haven't recognized it. [Everything from humans to goddesses to sharkmen; believers and non-believers alike. Maybe the choices make sense from the perspective of a god. Michael had never considered it during those imagined 800 years.] They do seem to expect us to adopt their ways.
[Not exactly a training program, but now that the thought's out there, Michael will scrutinize their requests twice over.]