Whew this took a lot longer than intended to write, but I had to think about how best to portray it some.
>>5445042>>5444968>>5444770>>5444696>>5444680>>5444676>>5444620>>5444598>Your ankh first, before anything... besides healing, you wish to perform another duty of yours; guiding the dead to the afterlife.Whether these mortals realize it or not, the dynamic of the situation is not the same as it had been. They come here demanding your attention, thinking you're still the same Menaj woman (just with glowing eyes now) that they can govern and make demands of. How poetically wrong they are, and surely you could correct them all, harshly so befitting punishment.
But you think they will learn their lesson better, if they come to understand the truth for themselves rather than you forcing it upon them. The common folk lovingly accepted you for what you are... well sort of, there's still some confusion about your divine nature that persists. But they wouldn't tell you to your face that you're wrong, unlike these nobles and clergy. From your time those two bodies of power were in many ways one and the same, but in these times for the culture of these humans, they have separated.
The nobles probably want what they wanted before, to incorporate you into their family. The church wants to get to the bottom of all this and to force you into some understanding that agrees with their faith, assuming you can't simply be controlled or destroyed. Well one of those two outcomes is flattering, the other not so much, but you're content to pit the two sides against one another. Let them fight over you if they care to, and demonstrate to you which is the greater power worthy of your cooperation.
Not that you wish to sow further strife among these humans in these times of hardship, but you cannot hope to save them all or at least improve their lives, if you cannot live and act as freely as you divinity warrants.
<span class="mu-r">"I'll do whatever it takes so we can all make it through this better off, for Eindward... but I am exhausted, I returned home here to sleep. You know how much happened today, I won't be good to anyone if I can't even stay awake."</span>
<span class="mu-s">"...certainly. We would not want to impose, or ask you anything if you are not in a fit condition."</span>
<span class="mu-b">"Would you not rather sleep in the castle? Your hosts are generous, but luxury is scarce beyond stone walls in these times..."</span>
If anything, you have to give credit to the nobles for knowing how to appeal to someone. Goddess or not, it is undeniable that you would enjoy your time in the mortal world if it were spent in comfort rather than not. Your devotion remains to those in need, and your love is for all, if that should mean sleeping in a tent exposed to the elements... as you had done for awhile, and you were perfectly happy with that if it meant you could better help people.
