"It's not easy, but yes."

"So did it go out of fashion because the gods stopped intimidating people or because decay gods, and other similar gods, were killed?"

"It started with one nice god that got pretty big. A harvest god, nothing extraordinary but people liked it. Once that was prevalent enough, other gods had to change or they'd lose all their followers."

"Huh, that's surprisingly uplifting. Almost like a children's story. I assume the full series of events is more complex but it's good to hear."

"There was a bit of godly back-and-forth plus a whole other thing with competing mortal empires, but that gets a little complicated."

"So, do you know what most people die of on this world?"

"Mmm, mostly old age?"

"So there's enough gods with healing powers around that people generally don't die from illnesses?"

"More that gods limit the spread of the dangerous ones."

"Ah, I see. So on the medical front we can mostly help by improving your ability to deal with non-infectious diseases. That makes sense."

"Yeah."

"Has the existence of gods gotten you to understanding that living things are made of cells, or genetics for that matter?"

"No to genetics. We've seen cells, but they're basically an obscure curiousity."

"Ah, cells malfunctioning and replicating out of control is what causes cancer. Some other age-related illnesses happen when cells stop dividing enough to repair damage so it accumulates. Biology is a balancing act."

"I see."

"I could probably say more, but everything I know of biology is probably on the uplift tablet. It seems like your world might not have as much to gain as most do from industrialization. Of course, the near immortality of uploading will probably drive you to it industrialize to some extent regardless."

"I think we're actually pretty close to the beginnings of it on our own."

"Interesting, what signs have you seen?"

"The knowledge is out there, it's just scattered. It's a matter of putting it all together. Ellayania has collected most of the pieces, but she's not big enough to do distribution easily. If communication was easier, I bet it would already have happened."

"I think there are plans for a few types of radios on the uplift tablet. That should solve the communications problem."

"Yeah, plus all the other stuff that's there."

"It is kinda a lot."

"So how big a workspace will you need?"

"I think it depends a bit on which parts Ellayania is willing to do. I think I can build most of it myself with the right materials but there are a few bits of detail work that I can't do very easily. It occurs to me that I haven't asked how hard what I'm asking is. I can likely reuse my existing solar fabric if manufacturing more is difficult for her. Otherwise, as long as she keeps the rain away I just need a couple work tables and an area a little wider than the wing span in one direction and maybe half that in the other."

"It's more- tedious than hard. She has to concentrate. so that's why it's going to take a while."