>>5381882>>5381873>>5381869>After this divine feat, you feel it would be better that the humans see you, and reaffirm their faith. Probably a worse rest, but return to the village.Though you'd prefer to just collapse here on the beach, or it would be better that you rested in the ocean, you have the sense to recognize that you have some responsibilities now. More than just yourself, you have to pay mind to how these humans perceive you and what happens to them. Otherwise you'll be back to how things were, of humans fearing and hating you, you'd never made much progress advancing beyond that point till now.
So you fight to keep lucid and awake as you sluggishly stomp along after the group of people returning to the village in exuberance, one of the humans to help guide you along by the hand.
<span class="mu-b">"-ugh, yes yes, everything's good, praise Tanaloa, yes yes... uuugghhhhh..."</span>
The thing you dreaded the most, being the reactions when you returned to town. The victory celebrations interrupted by a miracle now, for everyone to see the dying man restored to health. Though you'd wanted to get to sleep, you now have to deal with the attention and awe... and the noise, of all the Gaelans.
Something you might have to get used to, if humans are to be your chosen people as disciples. Part of you regrets it already...
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