"It is good that you do not," Elihu replies. "For all my sister is uncomfortable with worship, we are as close to gods as any a mortal is likely to meet." The words are stated simply, as fact, a truth of the world.

A young woman brings them another pitcher of beer.

"Which makes it all the more curious that your souls have bonded so. Has anything else....odd happened between the two of you?"

He smiles reassuringly. "You need not fear for my sensibilities. I have seen most things humans can get up to with one another at some point, sexual and otherwise."