Happy Hour!

[tavar_of_alera]

Tavi had fully intended to spend his time in the Bar today writing letters home--it wasn't work, it was relaxing and invigorating, it made him happy to actually get in touch with his family, and it would save time, there were no downsides--but when he wandered up to the Bar to request his usual ale, meal, and bread with oil, a note popped up

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Tavi looks equally perplexed, and tries to explain. "The closest we have, I think, are the Great Furies. Only some of them have to be contained by individual Lords to keep them from destroying an area; some will rest peacefully or work more gently on their own schedule but can be roused to serious consequences by a strong enough crafter; and some are like that too, except that they're frequently active and usually dangerous."

Shrugging fluidly, he adds, "We swear by them, sometimes, and are respectful of them and some people might fear the really angry ones, but we don't... look to them or anything." Beat. "Some of them are really irritating."

[tavar_of_alera]

Smiling slightly, Tavi comments, "When you mentioned 'at least one,' it was not unlike things the Marat say." He has some vague concept, now, from six years of mulling over it--but it's still a little bemusing to him.

"Placate them? How?"

He laughs shortly. "Puzzling more than surprising, I think; I still don't entirely understand it."

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"Give them things?"

Now he just looks absolutely, completely confused.

[tavar_of_alera]

More staring.

"I will never really understand this whole 'religion' thing."

[tavar_of_alera]

Tavi nods thoughtfully, though there's a skeptical expression on his face. He really doesn't understand this whole thing about religion; it's just not a part of his concept of the world.

On the other hand, his eyes light up with mischief at the suggestion. He's seen maps of Earth. "Or Rome?"

[tavar_of_alera]

The ever-expressive raised eyebrow makes an appearance again.

"Cannibalizing others' religions? Doesn't seem to make for much consistency."

Because Tavi always applies logic.

[tavar_of_alera]

"There's a whole word?" Oh, Tavi is so amused. "It still doesn't seem like it would make for consistency, not without a lot of really, really creative sophistry."