Oh! Oh, okay, I get it. [He laughs, embarrassed, and rubs a hand over the back of his neck.] I guess that makes more sense if you're not a god a lot of people might know about, huh? And some of those old Western gods I've sure never heard of.

[He's relaxing back into friendly, if tired, cheer. Man, he really is dead on his feet.

So to speak... he snickers to himself at the dumb joke, and adds:]

I learned about the blood thing when I got here, though. I asked the shinki who greeted me what kinds of things I could do.