"I hope so." Her voice isn't much above a whisper. "I'm not ... I've never been a godly person. But I know it's right to give gods their due honor, even if one isn't close."

A beat.

"My brother and his friends spoke to a number of the gods, about a year ago back home, to enlist their help in saving the world. I was ... I admit it, I was a little jealous of them, when I heard."