[It's been a hell of a couple of months, Genjo. That was the abridged version.]

You won't catch me disagreeing. [Gods Are Annoying, the Saiyuki story.] I've seen no signs of the Merciful Goddess from our world, no, though I've heard the name. [Now it's Sharak's turn to hesitate, briefly.] A woman was here who was given hir role, but she definitely wasn't hir.

[The next hesitation is more like an actual pause. This is a fucking weird topic and Genjo has no idea why.]

Hir nephew was here, for a time. He didn't seem to know any more than the rest of us.