Mortanne holds him right back, impossibly strong, like a stone angel in a graveyard. Let him forget that she is divine. Mortanne often forgets this fact herself, in her desire to be close to the mortals she cares for.

"Why do you feel you've done nothing to deserve it?" The question comes with a lilt of fond amusement. "Erik, you've been nothing but good to this town since you arrived in it. What more could we ask of you?"