Cam nodded. They didn't mind at all that Lilliane wanted both sides of the story ... or at least, they didn't mind much. It did itch at them a little to give people so prejudiced "the benefit of the doubt," but then Lilliane had just arrived in Caido -- she couldn't know that Cam was telling the truth. After all, they definitely would have told her to talk to both sides before forming an opinion if she'd encountered an Old Gods follower first; Cam couldn't begrudge her the same action just because they felt certain they were right. "Yeah. I mean, I was an atheist; I'd never hurt someone just because a god told me to. If I'm forced to defend myself ... that's different."
Another nod; Cam smiled slightly at the thought of the gods zapping around Caido at every Accepted's beck and call, too busy getting cats out of trees and fording rivers to ever foment war. Maybe that would be a better world. "I mean, not everyone can call down gods. I think most people when they start out just get spirits, but they can ask the spirits for help -- I don't know much about spirits, except that one cursed me once. And I guess if you call too often the gods won't listen to you? There are different tiers of gods here, too -- you've got the, like, big important old gods, Mort and Vi and Rae, and then they each have a herald who isn't as powerful. So when people channel they usually just get spirits or the heralds if they're lucky."
As they walked, the buildings of the Sanctuary began to come into view.
Another nod; Cam smiled slightly at the thought of the gods zapping around Caido at every Accepted's beck and call, too busy getting cats out of trees and fording rivers to ever foment war. Maybe that would be a better world. "I mean, not everyone can call down gods. I think most people when they start out just get spirits, but they can ask the spirits for help -- I don't know much about spirits, except that one cursed me once. And I guess if you call too often the gods won't listen to you? There are different tiers of gods here, too -- you've got the, like, big important old gods, Mort and Vi and Rae, and then they each have a herald who isn't as powerful. So when people channel they usually just get spirits or the heralds if they're lucky."
As they walked, the buildings of the Sanctuary began to come into view.
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