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[When the feed starts, Athelstan is in his room, with one of Will's dogs stretched warmly across his lap. Athelstan rubs his fingers against her ears as he looks over the projection from his bracelet- right, recording.]

...'this is the end'. The tree has been- is being?- destroyed. I am not a commander of men, nor am I any sort of leader, but times are dire and I... [His lips press together firmly as he nudges the dog off of his lap- she makes a soft, indignant noise before skittering out of his room.]

Where I come from, the men worshiped these gods. This tree was their world, holding up everything they held dear. We must fight to keep it standing, we must- I can show you how these gods must be worshiped, I can tell stories of their exploits and wit, if that would give you cause to fight for them.

[There's a short pause, as Athelstan lets out a breath, contemplating his next words.] Even if you cannot fight, you must pray. All of your gods have guided men through their trials for hundreds of years- longer, in some of your worlds. They would not abandon us now.

[The words are encouraging, but his voice is hollow, preaching a message he's not sure if he can believe in.]

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yOu think that eachof our realms has its own set of Gods?

[That's a bit of a tricky subject.]

That these are not
the gods that the men of my world pray to/?

Some of them do, for sure. I know of some places where their gods are animals, other places where there are no gods at all. And then places, worlds, where there is only one.

I'm just thinking it might be possible.

I had not thoughtof that. I do not think I'd like to either.it might be possible but it is more likely that the other places simply worship false gods is it nto?

I wouldn't say /more/ possible. But even if a god may be false for you, that doesn't make it false for the people who believe in them.

Isn't it the same as them assuming /you/ worship false gods?

How can it not? A god either exists or he doesnot.

Isnt that the concept of belief? Assuming that you do not worship false gods?

Edited 2014-06-20 14:35 (UTC)

Is that how it works for everyone?

So anyone who doesn't believe the same thing as you is wrong?

Is that not the point? the christians have laws against worshiping false gods and the northmen say that nonbelievers end up dining with Hel

If there is one God or one set of them then there cannot be another. It's simple logic.

You know an awful lot about both Christianity and Norse Mythology. Which do you believe?

Even if there are multiple worlds? Universes? Because back home, being magically kidnapped and taken to a world full of magic was pretty impossible, and yet here we are.

Odin is my god. No other.

[Which isn't necessarily true, but he can't exactly open up to this stranger when he won't even open up to himself, now can he?]

iF there are multiple worlds then how have our gods not made it so? They have created these universes and they control the people within them, as evidenced by their magic over us, no matter which world we live in.

What about the other gods? Heimdall? Freya? Aren't they proof that multiple gods can exist?

That is a good point, but until I was brought here there was no proof, or even an idea, that these gods could exist. Most people believed in the one God, the Christian God.

I- of course. That is what I meant.

Then it seems as if many people were mistaken.

[Wow, that one really hurt to write. I hope you're proud of yourself, Kate.]

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