Arialla nodded. "At home, it's unusual for a god to answer an individual's prayer directly -- it marks that individual out as a favorite. It ... That's what Apollo did for me, and that's how I became a priestess. Otherwise, I would have ended up fishing like my father."
She got Jigano's point about familiarity with the gods, too. Apollo might have shown generosity to her, but she was not so foolish as to think of him as anything approaching a friend or companion. He was a god and she his servant and worshipper. That defined their relationship. And were she ever to presume upon that relationship, she could expect to be smote forthwith.
"Oh." Arialla blushed at the description of Frey. "I might not try to get their attention, then. I suspect I would bore them -- there's nothing particularly entertaining or surprising about my prayer."
So Safrin or Ludo it was ... Quietly, Arialla added, "I'll probably pray to Safrin, then."
She tapped her fingers on her leg, wondering what would make an appropriate gift to a star-goddess. "Do you know what offering she prefers? Samuel told me your gods do not take sacrifices."
She got Jigano's point about familiarity with the gods, too. Apollo might have shown generosity to her, but she was not so foolish as to think of him as anything approaching a friend or companion. He was a god and she his servant and worshipper. That defined their relationship. And were she ever to presume upon that relationship, she could expect to be smote forthwith.
"Oh." Arialla blushed at the description of Frey. "I might not try to get their attention, then. I suspect I would bore them -- there's nothing particularly entertaining or surprising about my prayer."
So Safrin or Ludo it was ... Quietly, Arialla added, "I'll probably pray to Safrin, then."
She tapped her fingers on her leg, wondering what would make an appropriate gift to a star-goddess. "Do you know what offering she prefers? Samuel told me your gods do not take sacrifices."
