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Edward nearly laughed aloud when he heard that.
My friend, your believers were suffering through a great flood, your Subordinate Deity was about to be beaten to death, your angels' lives were hanging by a thread, and the three pathways were about to fight their way to an answer. There wasn't even time to rush repairs on Noah's Ark, yet what you cared about most was still that boy Klein's faith?
Excellent, he thought. That fits my stereotype of God Almighty perfectly. Your relationship really is terrible.
Subordinate Deities, believers, and angels were all renewable resources. If he really liked one, he could imagine a personality into existence and keep it with him. But the Celestial Worthy's contingency was something one could only encounter by chance, and this boy happened to be right under God Almighty's nose-the dream had already shown just how interested he was.
He had even specifically emphasized a "devout" believer!
Worse still, the True Creator really had once considered making Klein his believer. Whether the faith was genuine or merely for show, as long as the True Creator succeeded, becoming the Creator's believer would bring nothing but benefits. He had entertained that thought, and it happened to align with God Almighty's little obsession. It was probably one of the few things the two agreed on.
He coughed, doing his best to keep his expression unchanged.
"What is making you hesitate?"
Making my mortal enemy's resurrection contingency my believer, having him personally help nail that enemy's coffin shut-what a wonderful opportunity! Faced with such an enormous temptation, what had stopped God Almighty from immediately getting up, charging into Backlund, and dunking Klein's head in holy water? The True Creator's life experiences really did seem to have had a tiny effect. He was actually thinking now, hesitating-but