Chapter 103. Hello, Darkness

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April 13th, xxxy

Hello darkness, my old friend....

[That is no way to greet the Goddess]

How does one pray to the Goddess? Kneel and bow in complete submission? Close your eyes and ask for things? Ask them quietly so it is between you and the Goddess?

The Goddess has no ears. Not for the first time, Precious notices this error. Unless the claw shaped moulded into her face are ears which he seriously doubts.

[Projecting your self-doubt onto the Goddess again, are we?]

The Goddess rests her children on her back. So says eevryone and the literal mighty wolf sculpted on the statue's back, its big head above hers, glowing grey eyes almost transformed red.

When we die, we are return to our home, swallowed by the moon. His mother always said. The older generations will spin tales: folklores, tales with questionable roots and endings that be it fiction, the stories warmed the loneliness in his heart.

Used to warm the loneliness