[Oh, blast it. Why are humans like this? Gaius knows that arguing with them will just undermine their belief in him as a god, which would be fine except he knows from experience and the experiences of other deities tends to result in more sacrifices, and more violent ones, as they try to rid themselves of the "false" god and bring back the "real" one.
So as much as he wants to sigh and tell them this is stupid, he instead gives a sharp but graceful gesture to cut the priest off.]
Enough. You've proven your faith. Leave, and don't return for a hundred years unless you wish to see a much greater catastrophe.
[A hundred years seems like a good bet. They'll probably forget about it by then, but it won't seem like such a big chunk of time that he's full of lies.
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[Oh, blast it. Why are humans like this? Gaius knows that arguing with them will just undermine their belief in him as a god, which would be fine except he knows from experience and the experiences of other deities tends to result in more sacrifices, and more violent ones, as they try to rid themselves of the "false" god and bring back the "real" one.
So as much as he wants to sigh and tell them this is stupid, he instead gives a sharp but graceful gesture to cut the priest off.]
Enough. You've proven your faith. Leave, and don't return for a hundred years unless you wish to see a much greater catastrophe.
[A hundred years seems like a good bet. They'll probably forget about it by then, but it won't seem like such a big chunk of time that he's full of lies.
Just let him get this poor kid out of here!]