Xie Lian knows deeply how perception can influence reality, and there are very different groups doing the perceiving. "At home, I'm not a popular god. Among mortals or other gods. With the gods... people make links between misfortune and bad luck and the idea that it might rub off on them to get close." He doesn't hold their dislike against them, it's just a fact.
"Here... I don't know." He laughs a little. "It's a lot more straightforward when you can listen to prayers or curses. I try my best to do my duty as I see it, to protect. People interpret that through their own lens, and have their own opinions on what's right."
He laughs. "Ah, that's very kind of you. I wouldn't say my luck is so bad, now." And he does know how to keep going. "But gods... memories can last a long time."
"Perhaps in part. But, hmm... it's not quite just remembering the bad. There are certain things that are important to a god's being that I don't think is true, at least not in the same way, for mortals."
"Important how?" He has vague notions about faith fueling a god's existence, but nothing concrete. There are no interactive gods where he's from, but who knows? Maybe that's the fault of the faithless.
"We don't exist because people believe we do," he's run into an assumption or two along those lines, so wants to make it clear, "But worship is like payment, perhaps."
"Continues being a god? It's honestly mostly bragging rights and perhaps more power in fights. We're gods. We don't really... need things that fit into the metaphor I was using of a rich human."
"Well there's something to be said about job security. It doesn't seem to be the case in other worlds." Sort of a comforting thought, if he was religious.
Although he is, to a point.
"I should be going. Do you care if I bother you with God questions again sometime?"
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"Here... I don't know." He laughs a little. "It's a lot more straightforward when you can listen to prayers or curses. I try my best to do my duty as I see it, to protect. People interpret that through their own lens, and have their own opinions on what's right."
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Although he is, to a point.
"I should be going. Do you care if I bother you with God questions again sometime?"
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