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Abasi

Grace is just weakness

"Yes. Exactly. Without Heka there would be nothing - they say he was there at the beginning of all things." Abasi had occasionally had the task of explaining the roles of the Gods to children who came to the temples with their parents, and while he had never been skilled with them he had always loved telling the stories.

As for his favourite of the Gods...still a little ashamed, he thought for a moment then answered: "I always enjoyed my prayers to Osiris. The God with power over life and death...It was always such an honour to call upon him." Loren spoke of a world with no Gods, which he could hardly imagine; who would be trusted to ensure a good year, to guide the people? Abasi imagined the man's homeland as absolute chaos.

It seemed Loren was determined to be down on himself. "Well I think all the men here could do with some more effort in their fashions. No one wears kohl on their eyes or jewellery." He lifted his wrists, the gold bangles clanking against each other with the movement.

But if Loren wanted to stay as he was, Abasi wasn't going to fight him for too long - he had his own future to work out. "Tell me...I've heard there is something coming called Longnight. Should I be concerned about it?"

Or so I've been told