you were no priest nor saint; and the stories of deities were just another flavor of mythology to you. you had no faith in such concepts of higher beings, nor gods.

so when you were pulled back from the fatal clutches of fate, divine intervention guiding your hand back to safety, you felt everything youd ever believed in collapse.

the goddess simply chuckled and gave you a small wink, before disappearing into mist just as quickly as she had appeared — leaving you mystified and yearning.