Oh Lord

The bottom drops out of the room when he sees him.

The ground, rather. They're not in a room. They're standing outside.

Most of the world is outside. It's only Indol that conducts its commonplace business in a way so internal. Other businesses are all turned out on the street, open.

They're standing outside and he's pretending not to care, and he says something stupid about wanting to meet the world's god - he's never been religious, living in Indol has made him everything but, it wasn't just Amalthus, and--

And he starts praying. For questions. For answers.

For Thank You.