Oh, so he should put in a good word, he sees. Honestly, it's relieving to know that Jin Guangyao isn't wound so tight that he can't laugh, even if he stops himself in the middle like that - Palamedes is a big proponent of being able to have a good chuckle, but then again, Palamedes thinks somebody being named 'Doctor Sex' is peak humor. He only plays at being a mature adult.

"A visit from a god isn't all it's cracked up to be," he says, with a shrug, and that's all the time they have to unpack that. "Are you trying to get a job?"

Like, was it a segue or a sledgehammer, Jin Guangyao. It's fine.

"What you do around here depends on you, ultimately... There's merit in sticking with what you know, but the avenues are pretty endless. Speaking for myself, historically, I'm in research— but keeping my nose in a book in that god-awful library isn't much of a fix for anything around here, so I've taken up with the blood ministers at the Lumenarium. Have you been?"