...So that's to say the leadership here can bend a god to their will?

[ It sounds far-fetched enough that surely it's no surprise when Yuri cocks his head to one side like a curious bird and regards him with an open and continued incredulity. The fellow purports to being a god, but he awoke from the same sort of dirt nap as the rest of them? How does that work?

Yuri finds it difficult to wrap his head around, putting aside the fact that he has no idea why a deity would preside over war and desert. Did he come from a desert realm? What about sand required governance? He's heard of everything in nature having a spirit but this isn't quite the same notion. ]

I don't imagine why someone like me would be brought here if they can just load up on gods of this-and-that.