Strong Escape

Inside the miniature mirror dimension in the palm of Richard's hand in the dimensional void.

Lucy asked with pleasant surprise, "So I'm a deity now?"

Q-version Richard hesitated slightly, "...I'm not sure..."

"Huh??? What do you mean? Are you messing with me?!!!"

Q-version Richard quickly waved his hands, "No! I mean, what if the deities of this world aren't real deities?"

"What do you mean? I don't get it..." Lucy suddenly felt like she was being tricked by him.

Q-version Richard crossed his little arms, his little face very serious as he said, "Suppose, I mean just suppose, huh!"

"Those so-called deities in the universe can split mountains and part waters, and even destroy a planet with a single strike! But they are only powerful in might..."

"There are many things they cannot do either."

Lucy asked with great interest, "Like what?"

Q-version Richard made a gesture of pushing up his glasses and continued, "Like, moving stars and shifting battle-floods, transforming space and time; turning back time and freely traversing the long river of time; or crossing the boundary of life and death to resurrect the dead..."

Lucy: "Can your main body do these?"

Q-version Richard:...

Q-version Richard rolled his eyes, gave a displeased wave of his hand, and said, "Stop messing around, I'm talking about business!"

He continued, "So what is a real deity? Or put it this way, to what extent can one be considered a true deity?"

"Omnipotent! Only being omnipotent counts as a real deity!"

Lucy shouted happily, "I can do that! I can do those!"

Q-version Richard's mouth opened slightly in utter astonishment, "Huh?!"

"Everything you said, I can do them all!"

"Moving stars and shifting battle-floods, transforming space and time, I can control space!"

"Turning back time and freely traversing the long river of