We don’t actually have gods in my country, as you may have noticed, just saints. The story goes that our gods were pitiless and cruel, and in despair, humanity began to pray instead to the beasts of heaven, to Rabbit and Bird, Adder and Toad, and all the rest. The beasts of heaven rose up in their numbers and slew the pitiless gods, and since those days, we have called only upon the saints.
