She smiles as the energy passes between them, feels refreshed.
She is close, relaxed, skin still slightly damp enough that water droplets sometimes catch the sunlight that filters through the canopy and sparkle, draw the eye.
Kreyu frowns for a moment when he mentions stories of sacrifice, then shakes her head. "It is not for pride alone, or even fairness, that a god wants prayers, offerings, rituals, and sacrifices. They are ways of raising and exchanging energy, energy that we NEED as you need food and water."
"This forest is in many ways a part of me, when something is taken from it, that saps my energy, my strength. Humans have taken more from me than I have recovered from their worship for many years now, and I can not sustain such a loss forever."
"I need more energy, on a regular basis, than I have been getting." "I would not wish you sacrificed, or your tribe," she reassures him. "But there are other ways energy can be raised for my sake."
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Date: 2024-08-03 01:48 am (UTC)She is close, relaxed, skin still slightly damp enough that water droplets sometimes catch the sunlight that filters through the canopy and sparkle, draw the eye.
Kreyu frowns for a moment when he mentions stories of sacrifice, then shakes her head. "It is not for pride alone, or even fairness, that a god wants prayers, offerings, rituals, and sacrifices. They are ways of raising and exchanging energy, energy that we NEED as you need food and water."
"This forest is in many ways a part of me, when something is taken from it, that saps my energy, my strength. Humans have taken more from me than I have recovered from their worship for many years now, and I can not sustain such a loss forever."
"I need more energy, on a regular basis, than I have been getting." "I would not wish you sacrificed, or your tribe," she reassures him. "But there are other ways energy can be raised for my sake."