Yes, they are the deathless gods who hold council upon Mount Olympus and watch over the lives of men.
[It bothers him not that the youth consigns his gods to the realm of stories, for it is through stories that knowledge of the deathless gods passes from parent to child through all the generations. He himself was nursed on stories of the gods, and stories of the great heroes who trod the earth before him. Such stories do not diminish the weight of their subjects, but rather make their subjects all the more real.]
Very well. Astounding though this gift may be, the gift of life restored to my dearest companion - who am I to question the intentions of our divine benefactors? I wonder, is this world unbound from the Fates that weave every man's life thread?
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[It bothers him not that the youth consigns his gods to the realm of stories, for it is through stories that knowledge of the deathless gods passes from parent to child through all the generations. He himself was nursed on stories of the gods, and stories of the great heroes who trod the earth before him. Such stories do not diminish the weight of their subjects, but rather make their subjects all the more real.]
Very well. Astounding though this gift may be, the gift of life restored to my dearest companion - who am I to question the intentions of our divine benefactors? I wonder, is this world unbound from the Fates that weave every man's life thread?