"Well... Disasters which occur in one shore are often reflected in its opposite." His thumb rubs against the smooth surface of his cup slowly. "God which go to war with one another can cause a lot of trouble for the Near Shore, for example... I think that showed itself in the year prior, when three of your generation were lost in very close proximity to one another. The way ayakashi reacted, with particularly large and powerful ones coming out of hiding, shows the link we have whether we ask for it or not."

Their connection to the Near Shore, how their followers flock to them, who is made a God of Fortune... none of that is their choice. They simply have to deal with it.

"At any rate, I suppose Heaven would say... there isn't any cost that is high enough if it keeps the peace." What Heaven says. Not what Ebisu himself says.