“Priya. I have no faith in gods,” Malini said. “I never turned to the guidance of the nameless god. I do not worship the mothers as I should. Every iota of faith I have professed, I used to my own ends. For my own survival, and my own power. So visions and prophecy say I must die. So your sister’s visions dredged from the deathless waters say you must die. I reject it all.
