Wave Without A Shore

It seemed her attempt at cheering him up was only part-successful and not a very big part at that, but Jiao really had no idea how one went about making this situation better for anyone else. Were the humans better at this? They probably had more practice. At least questions about the Grounds could be answered easily enough. "Um. No, I don't think so - I think this was kinda a special circumstance." That said, she hadn't gotten out of the Greatwood til recently, and much of the world was still a mystery; maybe one day it would turn out there were in fact bubbles spotted all over Caido. "There's uh..." Jiao looked up and whispered as she counted for a moment. "...About ten, I think? But people mostly only see three. Safrin, Frey and Ludo. I don't think there's elemental Gods." His last question was one that she knew the answer to was 'maybe but it's extremely unlikely', but even Jiao didn't want to drop that bombshell. Unable to lie, she decided to just give a shorter version of the truth, face forced into a stiff smile: "Maybe!" JIAO Some girls fight hard Some face the trial Some girls were just meant to smile