Her harshness was something that Alexander didn’t appreciate her attitude towards him and he seemed to get huffy as he pulled at the sleeves of his jackets. “You’re rather brash for speaking to someone like me.”

“I like her.” Leon responded with a chuckle.

“You want a more detailed explanation yet you want it in plain English. A detailed explanation is preposterous and…”

Axel spoke up at this point, feeling guilty for interrupting his boss and stepping into the conversation but it seemed like everything would end up poorly if he continued talking. “The Department of Wishes grants wishes the humans ask for. ‘I wish it wouldn’t rain’, ‘I pray grandma gets better’, ‘I wish I could win the lottery’ or ‘I hope I can make it to the gas station before my car dies’. The Department of Punishments is in charge of punishing those humans who do bad things. Someone who is scamming people attempts to scam a police officer and gets caught. A cheater out on a date with her second boyfriend ends up running into her main boyfriend. Or someone who steals an old lady’s purse trips and falls only to have the onlookers jump on them. If you’ve ever thought ‘Alright Karma finally got’em’, that’s the Department of Wishes.”

Alexander seemed to huff slightly as he straightened his suit. “Your love for the humans precedes you Axel, well done.” 

“Thank you sir.” Axel responded brightly before turning his attention back to Lee. “Your assistance would help us keep the health balance between good things happening for people and karma helping to keep people on the right path.”

At that Cal called out. “We aren’t the only ones in the departments but with Leon, Alexander, Scorpio and Curt missing it will become a problem. Axel and I are just in the wrong place at the wrong time…”

“No…” Axel muttered softly, his voice sounding sad as he turned his attention down to the shoes on his feet. “I deserve my punishment.”

“No you don’t!” Cal argued intently.

“This is not the time.” Alexander said to the two gods before they could take off in their argument for the ten thousandth time. The gods’ attention turned back to Lee. “Do you have any more questions?”