They listened intently to every word, essentially taking mental notes. Quanil had a decent memory for the gist of things, but didn't literally remember every word. But it often looked like they were trying to. It was almost possible, if you paid close enough attention to them, to see the pencil scribbling away on the paper.
"Oh, right, that makes sense, of course," they agreed, nodding, as she shrugged. "Like with people that way, I guess. Kind of sounds like people in general, really. A very... people sort of God," they decided, and this time they were nodding in agreement with themselves. Maybe they were all that way.
Which raised possibly the most dangerous question Quanil had ever conceived of in their short life:
The New Gods used to be people. Maybe... a long, long, long time ago, the Old Gods were, too?
It would certainly explain why the Old Gods had gotten so angry over the New Gods. They weren't just power-hungry upstarts clawing their way into divinity; they were upstarts who had discovered the Truth.
It was a theory. Quanil had absolutely no proof of it.
Still, they couldn't help wondering.
"Does Ludo ever talk about any of the other gods with you? Like 'oh, Frey said the most hilarious thing the other day' or 'you should have seen what Safrin was wearing' or anything like that?"
"Oh, right, that makes sense, of course," they agreed, nodding, as she shrugged. "Like with people that way, I guess. Kind of sounds like people in general, really. A very... people sort of God," they decided, and this time they were nodding in agreement with themselves. Maybe they were all that way.
Which raised possibly the most dangerous question Quanil had ever conceived of in their short life:
The New Gods used to be people. Maybe... a long, long, long time ago, the Old Gods were, too?
It would certainly explain why the Old Gods had gotten so angry over the New Gods. They weren't just power-hungry upstarts clawing their way into divinity; they were upstarts who had discovered the Truth.
It was a theory. Quanil had absolutely no proof of it.
Still, they couldn't help wondering.
"Does Ludo ever talk about any of the other gods with you? Like 'oh, Frey said the most hilarious thing the other day' or 'you should have seen what Safrin was wearing' or anything like that?"
