I know not what to think. Here speaks before me a god, although not one from among those who answer the pleas and supplications of the Achaeans - still, any immortal is worthy of fear and respect, and so it is with you, god of Asgard. Here is a god who protects not the order of the world, who condemns not the sons of Alastair for interfering with the workings of fate, if indeed that is their intent. Whether it is their wish to uphold fate's course or to divert it, I know not, nor does it matter, for such a claim seems to me preposterous.

I believe, however, that Nalanni must return, for mortal death is not for the gods to suffer. It is for this reason, and not the designs of any man else, that I seek answers to the Nalawi's plight.