“In response, I told a story. “When Eismethia was first forged, the Gods walked among us, and the world was flush with power. Eismethians did not know war, as the Gods of War and Peace ensured those violent shows were only done when necessary. The Eismethians only knew progress, as the Gods of Creation and Magic ensured that their powers would be used to advance their people, and nothing more.

“The Eismethians did not know sickness, for the God of Healing and Warmth ensured that any disease was cured, and he taught the people how to cure it without his aid. That God’s name was Helix, and I have read from their Sword and become the next one. The next Helix.””