[ Matt can tell (or at least, he imagines) that Tezcatlipoca is invoking the word "blessing" because he knows Matt will like it. But apart from a brief softening of his expression, it's clear he doesn't know how to receive what's going on--not the point Tezcatlipoca's trying to make, and definitely not Set's apparent 180 flip.
Matt searches out the midpoint of the gods' tangled hair, then drops to sit cross-legged on the floor. On the one hand, he doesn't want to sacrifice his ability to run the fuck out of here. On the other, at least if he has them by the hair he'll have some leverage. The tools he's picked from among the offerings float around him; he reaches for the jar of oil. ]
I'm starting to suspect, [ he says levelly, dipping his fingertips into the jar, ] that participating in this conflict is worse than meaningless. You heard that thing say the more we fought, the more doomed we'd be, right? [ He scans the mingled strands, identifying a spot that looks to be about a 40-60 split of red hair to gold. He starts to roll the strands between his fingers. ] War gods' blessings sound like the last thing I want.
[ ... Well. Arguably it's better than the other thing he could have said, which started with you wanna talk about not having a choice and got worse. ]
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Matt searches out the midpoint of the gods' tangled hair, then drops to sit cross-legged on the floor. On the one hand, he doesn't want to sacrifice his ability to run the fuck out of here. On the other, at least if he has them by the hair he'll have some leverage. The tools he's picked from among the offerings float around him; he reaches for the jar of oil. ]
I'm starting to suspect, [ he says levelly, dipping his fingertips into the jar, ] that participating in this conflict is worse than meaningless. You heard that thing say the more we fought, the more doomed we'd be, right? [ He scans the mingled strands, identifying a spot that looks to be about a 40-60 split of red hair to gold. He starts to roll the strands between his fingers. ] War gods' blessings sound like the last thing I want.
[ ... Well. Arguably it's better than the other thing he could have said, which started with you wanna talk about not having a choice and got worse. ]