slavewhotouchedastar:

“It won’t be much of a loss if he doesn’t like me, okay, Seph? As I told you, the gods don’t like me in general. I was abandoned by them at birth. You’re one of the few who seem to be an exception.”

“I have often been told I’m the exception to most edicts. But that matters little, Zarek. The gods forsake their own I never did understand how morals asked for favor and expected it, the selfishness of my pantheon knew no bounds even then. As cold as it sounds, the forsook themselves far before they ever forsook you or anyone else. I know, blasphemy, my– sort of step son gives me a look like a three headed hydra when I say things such as that.”