[Welcome to Heaven. It's not so pretty once you begin peeling back the layers. There's a lot that divide the old and new generations. For all she wants to belong, sometimes it's hard not to see how poorly they all fit in here.]

Would they? Or do they assume the majority of us are nora bearing names of departed gods? I didn't learn more until I began living in the temple of an old god. They still forget to mention things they all know because they assume I know.

Have you ever thought to ask why an old shinki might be nora? Why Heaven hates nora? Or did you also assume when an old god disappears, all their shinki were automatically released too?

[It's not only Kairi, it's others she's spoken to that assume an old shinki is free to find a new god at will if their god disappears.

Ginia sighs heavily. She's not angry at Kairi, but it does highlight how little their generation knows when even someone that's been around as long as Kairi is surprised at what all old shinki know as basic fact.]

The big difference everyone knows is sometimes we remember things while the old generation doesn't. Beyond that, how often do we talk with old gods and their shinki and ask the right questions or know what to ask? It never occurred to me knowing my name was unusual until Ebisu pointed it out. I didn't know how different the relationship between a shinki and their first god was.