Whew, another long post but obviously quite important to the story!
>>5476649>>5476577>>5476575>>5476461>>5476254>>5476253>>5474808>>5474584>>5474353>>5474346>64In your adopted position of this new world, it's natural that you would seek a capital or favored settlement, same as in ancient times. Less for yourself and rather for where family members of yours may dwell, although if your hope is to unify the humans then surely you wouldn't settle for just one town? Bexley seems to have become a good candidate but the open relations with Hewe now open up new possibilities, and more than just your desire to help mortals in need. If you could bring them under your favor and protection same as Bexley, then you'd move beyond just a personal realm to an actual fledgling nation.
As for whether the people of Hewe want your influence or dominance... well who could deny you? Your benevolence is for the good of all, of course! The people of Bexley didn't have a say in your presence, and now look at them, how happy they are! Ah, but before any of that, you need a way of actually extending your influence beyond Bexley without leaving it. If you were part of a pantheon it would be different, but on your own you face limitations.
Some ways to overcome those limitations, well you ponder the matter and devise different methods by which you might-
<span class="mu-r">"-oh..."</span> you utter to yourself in some disbelief, feeling your belly one morning and becoming certain of something you'd been suspecting for a little while now, <span class="mu-r">"This... changes things..."</span>
You're no stranger to motherhood, but you hadn't expected it again and this way... or rather you just weren't paying attention. You promised yourself you wouldn't get carried away again, playing with mortal men. <span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-i">As long as we don't go too far... maybe just this once... a few more times couldn't hurt...</span></span> Yet once again you've been led astray by your fickle heart! You know better than any, there's no "safe" intimacy with a fertility deity, as much as you deluded yourself otherwise. Damn it all if you don't love Leon... in the moment at least, so what chance did the two of you have otherwise, after enough romantic evenings out on the lake? The troubling part you refuse to consider, as to whether or not you even consciously sought this, or if it simply was your divinity taking hold and driving you.
