Pilgrimage

Bastien beamed as he saw the tree light up before him, pleased to have a response that wasn't going to leave a bruise. When he first heard the female voice his heart lept, thinking it was Safrin for just a second - but then he realised it wasn't and he was excited for a whole different reason. Someone new. While his gifts weren't taken, they weren't spurned either, which he supposed was about as good. Bastien moved to sit at the base of the tree (on a root, so he was not on the snow) when no figure appeared along with the voice, talking up to the tree itself. "And who are you, Goddess? Are you...Frey? Ludo? Another..?" Honestly, Bastien had struggled to keep check of the pantheon in his head, who was new or old or who would be where, so he had little idea who this voice was. bastien Baby, lay me down and let's pray