You think so? They provide milk and cookies as offerings and sustain us with the power of their belief. Maybe I'm not quite as powerful as I was back home, but the circumstances feel familiar.

Of course, even within my homeworld, the relationship between gods and mortals can vary with culture.

[ "Most" of us aren't gods, she says. Apollo suspects he's speaking to another sun god — Can't quite put his finger on why, but something about the sun really sticks to you when it's your responsibility.

He smiles at the wolf, hesitantly reaching forward as if to give head scratches, but waiting for approval before he does so. ]