[God Quest] Fool's Gold

the VOICE In reality's shadow the blind see best "Of course, Bastien," the Voice crooned within his mind. "And learn you will. But how better to show you, and to teach you, than to be here?" With a soft laugh, Bastien would see, suddenly, the image of the young goddess in his mind's eye as though she were standing before him. It was like seeing but more; he would feel the warmth of her touch when she brushed her fingers across his cheek and down to the mark on his neck. "This is my gift to you, so that you may learn what you wish to know. Safrin, was it? Your lady Goddess will likely be furious with you, it is true. But then Safrin was always so fickle - it is why she is a lesser deity." Fading from his mind's eye, Bastien would instead now see the sprawl of stars above, regardless of the time of day, the constellations standing out to him as they never would have before. "Your Safrin of the cosmos, your lady of light and of life... is little more than a servant to the bigger picture, my dear one."