Calliope's Mini-Missions

Valetis wrapped herself up in her own tail, resting her feathered head on herself. “I really don’t know what to tell you,” she said quietly. “I was born from Ichor’s hand and I love her, but… Eris and Themis? I don’t know how I feel about them anymore. Another blob told me that most everyblobby only really worships one of them, but… isn’t that what we’re supposed to do? Live to empower the gods? Love them with our whole selves, whether we embody their core traits or not?”

She sighed. “I suppose if everyblobby just follows one god and nobody’s gotten punished for it yet, it must be okay, but… I don’t know. It feels wrong to think about just giving myself to Ichor. She’s everything I aspire to be, but Themis and Eris are just as important. Even if they’re not supposed to be here interfering. They have their own worlds they can do with as they please, but if they’re here all the time, surely that means they’re not getting enough from them? Surely they need some of us, too?”

Valetis shook her head and uncoiled; without thinking about it, she stretched out to drop her head into Sakana’s lap. “I don’t want to abandon them,” she whispered. “Being left behind by the people you trusted to know you and love you and care about you… that sounds like the worst thing ever. Even if they’re used to it, no one deserves to be left behind like that. Not even gods who have lots of people who love them.”

She closed her eyes and settled in a bit more, the water of the pool slowly soaking into her bright feathers. “I don’t think I can let them all go,” she said after a long, long pause. “Not yet. If nothing else, I need to know what I’m leaving behind. I guess… I guess we’ll just have to see what happens after that.”