[ Taking the invaders at their word: hell, he relates to that one too. It's the same mistake he made, back when he was only a man, and not a very good one.

The next bit is worse. There is a moment where he slips— where it shows in his face, a tightening of pain and exhaustion around his oilslick eyes— and then John turns back to the fire, so that the flickering light across his face hides some of the weight in it. ]

That's the trouble of it. A man should listen to his family when they tell him he's fucking it up... a god is supposed to make those calls. And both are good at playing the martyr.