"It poses additional but surmountable difficulties."

"And it is possible partial knowledge or understanding is already sufficient to summon the attention of a god."

"It might well be, yes. Especially since the local-god clerics here had no prior knowledge of their specific deities."

"If neither specific knowledge of the god nor extraordinary compatibility with it is required, only general knowledge of living gods, then it will be practically impossible to prevent the local gods from selecting new agents, even if we resort to drastic action such as immediately executing all known contactees of local gods—which is impossible, anyhow, as none of us have the power projection to destroy the King of Destruction and his associates promptly.

"It is only confusing, then, that no Antinium was previously contacted by any of these gods, as we have satisfied the same criteria, if not more, as your Kheltian local clerics for thousands of years."

none of us have the power projection to destroy the King of Destruction and his associates promptly.

Debatable, but he's not going to correct them.

"Perhaps our model of gods was not sufficiently accurate before Select Artigas' arrival to allow them access. We did not properly understand worship, or the relationships between a god and its people and functionaries."

"Or the spread of general knowledge caused a general increase in the power of the local gods, allowing them to reach across previously unsurmountable barriers."

"Or they were active, but only very far from here, and they noticed the spellcaster clerics and it drew attention back to this world."

"As in that they were previously active on this world, switched their focus to a different world, and are now returning?"

"Yes. Some Golarion gods began very specifically on Golarion and can be assumed to have extended their influence to other planets since then. I wouldn't be too surprised to learn that there were some that abandoned Golarion for whatever reason."

"Perhaps the church of Tamaroth will convey more information on who he is and why he is returning. Our local [Clerics] still have not reported any new contact, have they?"

"Not that has made its way to me."

"It seems all that is left to do is wait and observe. Tamaroth's church is at least a a useful canary to determine what is best done with ours. The Quarass promised a lead at the end of the week, did she? That is well."

Nod.

"And our Soldier who is patronized by Cauwine, as well. We informed His Majesty earlier, Select: in the last four days, he has leveled twice and acquired [Iron Shell], another Skill which would normally be first acquired as [Thick Shell] and advanced later."

"I regret that I have no special light to shed on that."

"I imagine it may take longer for useful patterns to emerge. It is at least indication it may be an ongoing intervention, and not a one-off grant."

"Shall we convene again next week, after you receive news from the Quarass? In four days, that is."

"At your convenience, your majesty."

"Very well. Notify us of any unexpected news. You may go."

Blai sees himself out.

That evening, he gets notified:

[Cleric Level 12!]

[Miracle – Summon Outsider (Axiomatic) Obtained!]

Why do these things happen right when he's about to go to sleep when he cannot reasonably do anything about them for the next nine hours.

In the morning he asks around if anyone has heard of miracles being granted on levelup.

...No. There are references to "miracles" in ancient texts with respect to [Clerics] and related classes, but no one interpreted them as an actual mechanical own thing, and not just a thematic way to refer to Skills.

"Maybe Germina knows?" a secretary says. "We haven't gotten the communication logistics completely sorted out but I can mention it in my next message."

"Please. I got one for summoning outsiders, probably because I've been using Planar Inquiry so often, but trying it out will rather unavoidably involve experimenting on someone."