[she knows only achilles out of the pair, but that doesn't stop rin from openly addressing both of them, unfazed by anything.]

I knew it was too easy to write her off.

[rin doesn't explicitly make it a habit to believe in gods, though it would be a mistake to assume they weren't real here.]

So Nalanni is not within the sea. But if she isn't gone, she's somewhere above sea level, possibly in Nalalona—just as the rumors say—or another volcano. What's becoming astoundingly clear is that everything might not be as we think it is, and we need to be careful.

[now, what does that mean?]