[ Quetzalcoatl’s expression twists at that pain in his voice, but as he explains, it just turns confused over anything else. The story that Set explains is one he’s referred to a bit, but this is the first time hearing it together. She twists her hands together anxiously during the story, but by the time he finishes, she steps closer. Quetzalcoatl starts to reach out for his hands, but she changes her minds and reaches out to brush some of the hair out of his face instead. ]
Set…
[ She just says his name gently, because her reaction probably isn’t the one he’d expect. It’s not just her bias for Set at work, either. In her pantheon, the story he explains wouldn’t make sense. The gods were imperfect and the worlds they made were too, but corruption was still the problem of humans alone. The gods didn’t corrupt their lands the way that Set describes.
So, it’s unfair, she thinks.
She doesn’t deny that Set’s world works this way, but she thinks it’s deeply, deeply unfair that he had to bear such a burden. Even the gods of the Azteca who showed their love through sacrifice wouldn’t ask such a great thing. In fact, that was the point—it wasn’t asked. It was always something given voluntarily. There’s a lot she wants to say to that as a result, but as she withdraws her hand, it ends up just being a small question. ]
WAUGH
Set…
[ She just says his name gently, because her reaction probably isn’t the one he’d expect. It’s not just her bias for Set at work, either. In her pantheon, the story he explains wouldn’t make sense. The gods were imperfect and the worlds they made were too, but corruption was still the problem of humans alone. The gods didn’t corrupt their lands the way that Set describes.
So, it’s unfair, she thinks.
She doesn’t deny that Set’s world works this way, but she thinks it’s deeply, deeply unfair that he had to bear such a burden. Even the gods of the Azteca who showed their love through sacrifice wouldn’t ask such a great thing. In fact, that was the point—it wasn’t asked. It was always something given voluntarily. There’s a lot she wants to say to that as a result, but as she withdraws her hand, it ends up just being a small question. ]
Ey, but... Is that what you want?