[Everyone is silent, in awe. Even Jusis, maybe especially Jusis for a moment because this is the most beautiful person he has ever seen and will probably ever see in his life and half-drunk on weird herby drugged alcohol and just being himself he really can't muster the awed reverence one should regard a deity with and is instead just stunned into silence by his hotness.

This his words register and he feels smug.]

You see? I told you all this was incredibly stupid, what would--

[He stops, as something else registers and he turns his face from scolding the priest to staring at Gaius again, offended.]

What do you mean "no thank you"?! Am I not good enough?! What about me isn't good enough, huh?