Cam nodded as Wessex gave the camera back, slinging it back around their neck. Even though they'd offered Wessex the camera, watching her fiddle with it had made them a bit nervous -- an anxiety they always felt when handing people their things, even back home. At least they didn't have to worry about Wessex going through the camera roll and finding something embarrassing. Not that Cam took particularly embarrassing pictures, anyway.
"So, if I wanted to ask the Voice about my camera, I could just ... pray to her?" People had mentioned that the gods were reachable here, but Cam still found it surreal. They'd been an atheist, before, and they had barely even adjusted to the idea that these gods were provably real, let alone that individuals could speak to them. "Wait, what do you mean 'gives us upgrades'?"
Cam would have snapped their fingers if they'd ever figured out how to do that reliably. Instead they nodded. "Accepted, that's the one. I thought that meant I couldn't do anything special, but we can ... channel the gods?"
That last bit was uncertain, and they shook their head a little, speaking almost to themself as they added, "I think I'd rather have magic or shape-shifting. I don't even know the gods."
"So, if I wanted to ask the Voice about my camera, I could just ... pray to her?" People had mentioned that the gods were reachable here, but Cam still found it surreal. They'd been an atheist, before, and they had barely even adjusted to the idea that these gods were provably real, let alone that individuals could speak to them. "Wait, what do you mean 'gives us upgrades'?"
Cam would have snapped their fingers if they'd ever figured out how to do that reliably. Instead they nodded. "Accepted, that's the one. I thought that meant I couldn't do anything special, but we can ... channel the gods?"
That last bit was uncertain, and they shook their head a little, speaking almost to themself as they added, "I think I'd rather have magic or shape-shifting. I don't even know the gods."
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"Cameras" by Ennev is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
