It is a fantasy we sold to the people of the Myriad so that everyone’s oppression would be more bearable. We let everyone tell themselves that they were watched over by gods rather than terrorized by monsters. And we reassured everyone that the priesthood had everything under control. We had treaties with the gods, and knew how to negotiate with them. ‘All of that was a lie. The gods had no great or benevolent plan for us. There were no treaties. We never truly learned to reason with them, because they were not reasonable. Even those whom we could talk with were all mad, to some degree. And
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