A flash of gold. A clean, citrusy smell. A shadow falling across my history scroll. The presence of a god. One as powerful as me.

I look up.

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It has been more than half a decade since I’ve last seen him. A six hundred year old god, not able to make time for his friend. Is his nation that busy? The informants whom I send from time to time report to me that he is set on establishing his nation as the dominant power in the east—or perhaps in the world. His nation’s military power is unmatched, and his nations’s average intelligence quotient is something that the other gods all marvel at during the annual gathering of gods. The technological developments his people have are unrivalled. My own nation, despite being the most powerful nation of the west, cannot compare to his. How he does it, even my informants cannot tell me. In spite of this, I can only admire his ability to be so quick in developing his nation the span of two hundred years.

“Pleasure to see you again,”

Since it would be impolite of me not to give him a proper greeting, I put aside the history scroll I had been reading and stand, offering my hand to him in the spirit of providing him with an orthodox salutation.