A second ago she was at work in the temple of Erastil in Sothis, which was actually going pretty okay, all things considered. Now she's in a grassy field with a couple fruit trees and a table and chairs and some notebooks and pens.
This is unexpected and requires a ton of power and is therefore sort of inherently terrifying. And she's alone, and defenseless, and she doesn't know where Verita is.
She mills around in steadily increasing amounts of distress until Hagan appears, just as suddenly.
"I think there's, hmm, a 10% chance that Elizabeth will make Valentine a me. I bet she's at least considered it."
"No, I agree. I am - withholding judgment on their arrangement but I don't think it represents the general form of a good relationship for instances of me or you. And if she makes him for that purpose and then Valentine doesn't want him he'll be so crushed."
"We should probably point out to her that Valentine is the person on this plane who is most insistent about noting that slavery is bad every time it comes up, then."
"Also I'm unclear on Valentine's religion but it sounds like it might be an incompatible one?"
"Haven't gotten a read on that. I think she's - less certain that devils are going to win in general, than I am. Maybe as certain that they're going to win her."
"Could be wrong. I haven't talked to her about it extensively. She's still half-sure her masters are going to pull her back if they're unpaused, though."
"It's not the - as long as she would try to make sure her kids didn't go to Hell it wouldn't be a problem.
- for this hypothetical relationship which probably Elizabeth will know better than to attempt to make happen."
"- I'm sorry. Every time I talk to you I end up sounding - closed-minded and cruel and - I respect you. As a person. But even if I could escape from Osirion's rules I couldn't - you're a good parent, you're great with her, it's one of the first things I noticed about you, I'm not trying to say -"
" - didn't mean to sound upset. I'm not. Just - I think it's very unlikely she's trying to send her kids to hell."
"I am kind of worried that I keep sounding more upset than I am. It might be habit, or something."
"I think I'm probably just paranoid. Because I definitely - think I said something that really bothered you, a while ago, when we were talking about Osirion, and I just don't wanna do that again."
"It wasn't a big a deal. Or, like - if it was I really wish it would stop."
"If there were a thing to say that would explain it then I would. There - isn't, really.
"I guess maybe your country's gendered double standards are kind of infuriating. Insofar as I find things infuriating."
"Yeah. I don't - have actual political power? I guess it is fair to say I should've tried for it."
"I'm not mad at you about it. Just - nebulously infuriated at forces I don't understand and might be more or less annoyed at if I did."
Snort. "Story of my life."
Has Elizabeth made any ill-advised people while they were out.
But she is thinking about it! At Connor. She's holding his hand.
She's preeeetty sure she shouldn't make a bunch more people without thinking a lot harder about how to responsibly make people, but she is in fact aware of the possibility of trying to custom-make a Connor for Valentine, even though this is a terrible idea.
Oh gosh that's a terrible idea but then Valentine would have a him and that would be great.
- he's not totally sure if you can make a him without his family. It feels like they wouldn't totally be a him, somehow.
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