Gideon raised his eyebrows at her question, surprised that she didn't know. He supposed she had said she'd grown up quickly, and he'd heard of how Demi-Gods could rise from babes to adults in a matter of months, but had Safrin not thought to give her daughter a basic education in the heralds? Maybe it was the same, though. He wondered how their curriculums might differ.
"Well, we start simple for children." A sanitised, listed version of the truth, easy to digest; more came as they got older. "We tell them of Ludo, Frey and Safrin - Vi and Mort and Caido, Rae all when they're a little older. We begin with the heralds because they are the ones most likely to be seen by the average person." The most relevant to their lives, unless they were to be truly blessed.
Not noticing the echoing of their footsteps, very used to the Temple's noises by now, he continued: "Ludo we introduce along with the Festival of Lights, Frey with the Longheat - which is our current lesson - and Safrin we teach by taking them outside for a night and watching the stars."
"Well, we start simple for children." A sanitised, listed version of the truth, easy to digest; more came as they got older. "We tell them of Ludo, Frey and Safrin - Vi and Mort and Caido, Rae all when they're a little older. We begin with the heralds because they are the ones most likely to be seen by the average person." The most relevant to their lives, unless they were to be truly blessed.
Not noticing the echoing of their footsteps, very used to the Temple's noises by now, he continued: "Ludo we introduce along with the Festival of Lights, Frey with the Longheat - which is our current lesson - and Safrin we teach by taking them outside for a night and watching the stars."
GIDEON
You claim to be virtuous, but you're a liar
And you'll feel the heat of the flames
And you'll feel the heat of the flames
