"Yes, we're about to meet a god."
Hearing Shade say this, Mr. Albert stopped letting his thoughts run wild and grew serious. He had been brought here before and knew how much pressure came with facing a true god.
The doors opened. Once everyone was ready, they entered the room together. Warm light radiated from the towering figure lying on its side, as though it would illuminate the entire world. Though the light was warm, Lady Thorn, just as last time, kept her head lowered and did not dare look directly at the god. Mr. Albert followed Shade and the witch a few steps forward before abruptly dropping to his knees.
It was both a bodily instinct and an expression of reverence:
"O God..."
His voice trembled—or rather, his entire body was shaking. This was already the result of that benevolent god using Its power to protect him; otherwise, he would not even have been qualified to speak here.
The traces of "God's Radiance" appeared on Shade's skin once more. Standing before this god, the warmth made him feel thoroughly at ease, as though he had gotten up on a peaceful Sunday morning, petted Little Mia, opened the window to find Tobesk bathed in sunshine, and then been embraced from behind by a girl asking what he wanted for breakfast.
The god did not look at anyone else. Its liquid-gold eyes fell upon Shade. Though It was not the Sun God, merely an Old God blessed with a trace of the ancient Sun God's grace, Shade still felt as though he were looking upon the sun itself.
"She" laughed softly by Shade's ear, and he struggled to suppress the urge to let her embrace him:
"O God, we have recovered some of the memories of this pitiful man from a