"Quite. I don't know, some people think they used to be more active once upon a time, there are holy books filled with really overt miracles that supposedly used to happen."

"Oh, that's within normal parameters, Khersis himself has been really quiet for a long time, even."

"But if they did happen it's been a long time so some people think it was all made up."

"Not very reliable history?"

"I don't know for sure, I haven't really paid much attention to that kind of thing. Having a theological discussion in a transdimensional bar is not something I knew to prepare for."

"Fair enough. I guess you don't have, like, dragons. It's not necessarily smart to go ask dragons questions about history but in principle you could do it."

"We do not in fact have dragons. Why are dragons good at history, is it because they're long-lived?"

"Right in one."

"Fiction providing reasonable expectations for the win."

Giggle.

"I think some people have touted the sudden appearance of powers as a modern-day miracle, actually, and a couple of religions have tried to claim credit, but nothing definitive."

"Weird. On my world if something like that happened, we'd have a good idea who did it - if it was a god, anyway, if it was just a fae fucking with people that'd be a different matter."

"Oh well. Whether or not a god exists is of less practical value to us than to most people, anyway."

"...Oh, because if you have an afterlife anyway you're bypassing it? Yeah."

"Yep, that."

"I mean, I do have dead loved ones, I strongly hope that my original mother and brother for example haven't been consigned to oblivion, but. Yeah."

"Eugh. Yeah. Luck with that."

"I'm not sure how much use that is, since we of all people are unlikely to ever know. But who knows, maybe someone will turn up with a resurrection power and people will come back to life effusive about the pearly gates--a stereotypical image of the entrance to an afterlife--and then we'd know."

"Here's hoping. People just routinely ceasing to exist forever would suck."

"I know. The upside is that if it ever happens we'll probably be around for it."

"Eventually people can ask you history questions like you are dragons."

"Assuming we become public knowledge. Which hopefully would wait until we're sure the statute of limitations has run out on being a supervillain."

"Eventually. Not this week."

"Yes, quite."