The Few You Seem to Favour

JIAO

"Oh." Answered Jiao simply, wondering if she was supposed to know about The Voice's attempts to take over the Gods. Admittedly, she had never paid much attention in religious lessons as a child, and now only came to the Gods when she was desperate for advice; until now it had never felt like they had much cared about her, so why should she about them?

As far as she knew, Jiao had not met any Ascended yet. But the implied meaning she took from Safrin was clear: that if she did, it was dangerous.

Though...one question refused to leave her, one that she knew could cause friction. Still, her mind would not rest until she had asked: "If she was just an Abandoned girl, can't you just..." Miming, Jiao pressed her thumb to the floor and squished it back and forth, as if crushing an annoying bug. "I mean, you must be much more powerful, right? All of the Gods together?"

Leave all of my regrets to sink like shipwrecks
Through oceans dark