"Even before the famine, I'd sort of...talked, to Celestine. Left a slice of pizza on her altar after we made the oven, as a thanks for the harvest, for wheat and its byproducts. Not like a fancy burnt offering or anything, just. Pizza. And then the famine hit and the stars turned violent, and we needed help, and I asked for it. And this was part of her answer."
He sort of shifts his weight nervously, before turning the frenetic energy into potato grating. "I'm, uh. Not a good Jew, by a lot of standards. I mean, I went to Hebrew school as a kid, but. My sister only had so much energy to raise me, and instilling proper religious observance wasn't a top priority. Lev and I have talked a little about it. He met Abby, when she was at the visitor center. And Abby's husband, Steve Carlsburg. Anyway, I know that dealing with a local goddess is...not kosher. But..but. Besides, back home all sorts of gods used to hijack me to serve their will. 'All hail the glow cloud' and the woman from Italy and Huntokar, and that's before we get to what happened with Violet and Lot 37. I don't think I was ever really given the option to have a closed relationship with our god."
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He sort of shifts his weight nervously, before turning the frenetic energy into potato grating. "I'm, uh. Not a good Jew, by a lot of standards. I mean, I went to Hebrew school as a kid, but. My sister only had so much energy to raise me, and instilling proper religious observance wasn't a top priority. Lev and I have talked a little about it. He met Abby, when she was at the visitor center. And Abby's husband, Steve Carlsburg. Anyway, I know that dealing with a local goddess is...not kosher. But..but. Besides, back home all sorts of gods used to hijack me to serve their will. 'All hail the glow cloud' and the woman from Italy and Huntokar, and that's before we get to what happened with Violet and Lot 37. I don't think I was ever really given the option to have a closed relationship with our god."