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Of course to you, who means nothing by this, it's hard to grasp why anyone would have a problem with your actions or position. But these mortals, governed by fear and desperation, are beholden to entirely different priorities that they believe in.
<span class="mu-b">"Could she, this Sedjet, not be viewed as a Saint of the Almighty? It would not be the first time, for those heathen deities..."</span>
<span class="mu-s">"A saint?! The entity is not even native to our ancestral homeland! And to think, a being of carnality and-"</span>
<span class="mu-r">"And before you say anything about the love and fertility being depravity, it's not what she brings. It's the warmth of a married couple, the care of a mother towards their newborn, the comfort of a child seeks in their parent's arms, the trust of a friend, the solidarity of a neighbor, not the embrace of a prostitute of a orgy."</span>
That's right, a little white lie never hurt anyone! In truth you are the goddess of Love, not sexuality or lust, leave that to lesser gods and goddesses. And yet... these aspects still hold their place under your domain, same as with fertility. In many ways you cannot have one without the other, and while your true godly favor is reserved for the divine love between people; romantic or platonic or in kinship... that said, even the embrace of a prostitute or an orgy still bear aspects of love, however diluted or twisted. It's like how your godly domain of Beauty isn't limited to just physical attractiveness, but beauty in form such as a graceful dance, or finely made architecture (hence your appreciate for the castle). Or how your domain of Fertility applies to plant life just as much as animal, and you wouldn't think to shun one over the other.
But from what you've seen and learned of these "modern" mortals, their society and culture, and even sensibilities are more reserved... restrictive, than what you knew in your time. For some people a goddess of Love would be an appropriately beloved and welcome thing, but for these people... probably because of these miserable times, a goddess of Love is seen as a danger. By her own nature, and because of any challenge to their chosen God. So for their sake and yours, you try to shape their impression of Sedjet to be more appealing, more tolerable.
You could at least not make things seem worse, in any case...
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