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I thought hugging Tira would be enough for Astarte to feel the life-sucking force of an eldritch artefact tearing at her god-soul. Even the Cosmic Knights keep their distance from Tira. (Or maybe I'm over-estimating the Godkiller's potency. We haven't seen it used IC at all, even though it apparently came into play during the battle of Xerxes.)

Then again, that level of obliviousness does explain a lot...
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I was always under the impression that it doesn't even take a hug. Just being in the proximity of the GodKiller would begin to have an effect. The closer a divine is, the more potent the effect. Not sure what the greatest possible range of the GodKiller is, but a hug doesn't leave much to the imagination...