[Surprise flickers across his face. That Nehan would have listened is news to him.
He squares his shoulders and lifts his head, and a flame ignites in his soul.]
Then I will tell you now. The relationship Barbatos has with his people is a complicated one. He does not rule us as other Archons have. When we called for him. He did not answer. When we pray we know we are on our own.
We grew into who we are because we were given the freedom to do so. But also because there was no alternative. I love and respect him despite that. He has his reasons for being as he is.
And because I have no oaths to the others Archon here. I will tell you that he too wishes to be treated only as a man. His days as the god of contracts are over.
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He squares his shoulders and lifts his head, and a flame ignites in his soul.]
Then I will tell you now. The relationship Barbatos has with his people is a complicated one. He does not rule us as other Archons have. When we called for him. He did not answer. When we pray we know we are on our own.
We grew into who we are because we were given the freedom to do so. But also because there was no alternative. I love and respect him despite that. He has his reasons for being as he is.
And because I have no oaths to the others Archon here. I will tell you that he too wishes to be treated only as a man. His days as the god of contracts are over.