"Depends on which people you ask." He hums handing Shin one of the plates with a smile. "Gods can disappear and when they do Shinki can be left without a partner and it leaves them homeless, vulnerable, and unable to rend and banish Ayakashi. I think the newer people understand the need for some level of security better than the old gods do."

He considered. "That and I don't see old gods running around with just Soulless Shinki either. Some of the new gods when there aren't enough Shinki to go around end up with a Soulless. I don't see any point in that. I mean I'm not going to just go around naming other people's Shinki as mine, too. It's only the one as far as I'm concerned. That's because we were shinki to the same goddess together and he's my friend. I want him to always know someone is here for him."