You love people, right?

I don't know! I can't compare to what other people mean when they say that. 

...why would I be easier to compare with?

Everyone agrees that the thing you experience is love, right?

Yes, but magical and different.

Is it nice?

It's really nice, especially with my sister Ruviri who's a redmage too.

I kind of want to dunk in the fountain.

The Temple-Guild doesn't let people do that unless they're going to be adopted in.

If it was a good idea we could probably pay them a lot of money to do it.

I actually think there might not be an amount of money they'd take for that.

Why not?

It's sacred.

What does that mean?

Um, being a mage means being more like one of the gods and they want to be able to raise mages to take that seriously.

Oh, I didn't know your world had gods.Where do they live?

They watch the springs but they don't live anywhere specific.

Do they need help getting more competent? There's a set of Valar who are explaining to how the other Valar how to do a good job at being gods.

Competent at what?

Uh, it sounds like your world still has death and suffering? Competent gods make that not happen. It's sort of the point of gods.

I don't remember most of my theology classes. Nobody knows why bad things still happen since Tsi shouldn't want them to. The others might not care much.

Maybe Tsi can't stop them and the Valar could help.

Maybe.

He walks in, reading through something on his computer. "What're you up to?"

"Telepathying with your kid alt. He thinks the Valar could put Tsi in charge of the other gods on my world or something."