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All that, before the plague though, and the exodus of anyone left alive to escape it.
<span class="mu-r">"You can call it what you want, but I know what I am and won't pretend to be beneath anyone or anything."</span>
<span class="mu-s">"You spoke of others like yourself, were you beneath them or they beneath you? Is there not something you believe, to be higher than yourself?"</span>
Wretched little mortals, how dare they think they could step up to you like this? To speak to you this way? You're of half a mind to blind the old fool for his impudence... to be fair though, you can't deny that you did foster and encourage an approachable nature about yourself, to be among the people as one of them. Not very "godly" you suppose, in some ways.
<span class="mu-r">"...yes, the Almighty... ah, I won't waste your time explaining a long passed foreign culture. Just take it to mean... in the most simple of ways, the sun. Tell me if you can, what is above that?"</span>
<span class="mu-s">"Hmm... well the sun is here, same in this land as yours I am sure. Above us now, above you... and you called it Almighty, as we do with our Lord."</span>
...well you suppose he does have you there, in some sense. You and your companions were gods and all that that means, but the ultimate of course being the great Ra. Beneath the Great Eye was all created and does all exist, watched over by the ever burning gaze. Though there is some disconnect with the idea of divinity, since the Eye was not something you or your companions worshiped, and did not consider it a god. A creator, <span class="mu-i">the</span> creator. All that aside, you can understand where the bishop is coming from and the analogy he is trying to create. Another reason you feel like smiting him in anger, to dare to suggest that the Eye and their God are comparable... but the logic of his argument is considerable, you wouldn't deign to prove him correct by striking him in anger.
Some newfound admiration you must admit then, at least for this bishop if not his church. He seems to have overcome the obstacle of accepting your divinity, probably after witnessing you healing life-threatening injuries repeatedly. He gives you the respect of accepting you as a god, albeit beneath his God, but he is simply trying to work you into the dominant faith for the ease and benefit of all. A pragmatic effort at least, the bishop recognizes the greater threat beyond the walls and is merely trying to maintain the social and religious cohesion which has helped the humans survive this long.
