[wanda is aware that not everyone might take too kindly to the fact that she and others have participated in these kinds of rituals. it's been upsetting to the few people she's talked to about the details of it.

however—

one cannot expect something without sacrifice. that seems to be the way of things in solvunn, and perhaps wanda has found herself leaning into it quite a bit more than she initially expected, especially considering that all her life has been one sacrifice after another with nothing to show for it; the thought that something could be attained from it? it feels redeeming, in some twisted way.]

The gods have 'chosen' us, though. We are but part of their will, and no one has openly defied this notion. They don't expect us to believe, just that we do our part within the commune.

[—is she defending the place? she definitely stands somewhere in the middle.]

I could ask around. See what I find.