[He's reluctant to go into the details, because a) that compromise is running around the Far Shore and b) that compromise happens to be a pair of shinki.]
The god Zeno spoke of wouldn't permit them to harm the humans, but they still insisted he have a... deterrent against future attacks.
The gods are invested in being seen as triumphing in the end. Who would pray to a god that didn't triumph? They never come out worst than the mortals in their stories, but...
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[He's reluctant to go into the details, because a) that compromise is running around the Far Shore and b) that compromise happens to be a pair of shinki.]
The god Zeno spoke of wouldn't permit them to harm the humans, but they still insisted he have a... deterrent against future attacks.
The gods are invested in being seen as triumphing in the end. Who would pray to a god that didn't triumph? They never come out worst than the mortals in their stories, but...