[That sounds - good, right, in a way he can't completely articulate. A little heresy. Although of course that doesn't quite make sense outside the context of the Calendar. He snickers a little at Horseriver's tone, half-muffling the noise against his shoulder.]
He is young and alive, for all he has some of the dark moods common to my family, he didn't understand the true search for death.
He survived the tortures they put him through for his own good, he learned young to hold fiercely. It was made him such a good player for both sides of the chase. [The pawn had become king, so Horseriver will grant him the title of one who was played instead.]
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[He takes the tea, holding it carefully so as not to spill.]
People pray to avoid His attention more than they pray for it and yet he is the balance and the chaos that is...needed.
[His smile grows even more wry.]
He was never my god.
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[That sounds - good, right, in a way he can't completely articulate. A little heresy. Although of course that doesn't quite make sense outside the context of the Calendar. He snickers a little at Horseriver's tone, half-muffling the noise against his shoulder.]
I shudder to think.
[With the same dryness.]
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He's the god of jokes, too. Imagine if I had a sense of humor.
[Which he clearly doesn't.]
As I've been forced to deal far too often with practical theology, I believe the story has things the wrong way around.
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Enlighten me, then.
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[He laughs, sharp and sudden.]
Ingrey thought I wanted to become a god. He was clever enough to put together more than I had...expected but some of his conclusions were amusing.
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[Which is to say: he'd take that bet.]
A little information can be a dangerous thing.
[Or at least seen you far awry.]
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He is young and alive, for all he has some of the dark moods common to my family, he didn't understand the true search for death.
He survived the tortures they put him through for his own good, he learned young to hold fiercely. It was made him such a good player for both sides of the chase. [The pawn had become king, so Horseriver will grant him the title of one who was played instead.]