[center][h1][color=gold]Leannah[/color][/h1][/center]

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[quote=Local Fluffy Tail Expert]“E-eh? You don’t know?” 

“You...really don’t? And you’re a...huh. Well...that may explain a few things.” [/quote]

As the human girl talked, Leannah's ears perked up at the information. So a sun goddess who didn't get along with others? That was apparently a thing, one of which she was curious about the root cause of. Back in Ancient Egypt there'd been a number of gods, including one of the Sun and one of Knowledge. So it felt abnormal to her to think they had enmity, though the whole crown-stealing episode Lazhira mentioned did bring a light chuckle out of the catgirl. Deities and their antics were a thing even here, it seemed, when it came to legends. If that was one minute consistency between here and Earth, then it was a lightheartedly entertaining one to ponder for a moment.  

But apparently this knowledge and deity were things known best by those of her own race, of which she'd seen none at all and was apparently far away from by a longshot. Likewise this was perhaps a big reason behind her issues with magic use...she was not in-touch with the very deity at the root of the race she'd become a member of. Or something. Could be the Illuminator being an ass as well, she had no clue to be frank. Plus hearing about something called Kyrinth, maybe that beast dead in the village or some other dangerous thing hiding in the woods for all she knew, and something about encouraging the humans of the village to abandon worship of the God of Knowledge? That was something that didn't sound like a good thing. 

Yet the catgirl didn't get much time to think on things, before four monstrosities of birds emerged from the fog in turn. The catgirl reacted reflexively, grabbing Lazhira (who was right in front of her) and virtually throwing the girl behind herself as she instead moved toward the threat. She did her best to focus the flow of magical energy into her body, take that mental image of a river she'd used accidentally last night to make a 'boom' to mentally focus and imagine the magical energy flowing through her like blood. Flowing through her muscles, making them mighty. Flowing through her bones, making them stronger. Flowing through her tissues, strengthening them beyond their own with a swell of power and stamina. 

Steady breathing. Controlled breathing. Bob to the side of the first bird, and aim to grab its long leg! Then channel the magical energy into her arms even more, and swing it around in a sweeping attack at the other two birds! 

Was it a flashy idea? Probably. Was it stupid? Hell yes. But she wouldn't let Lazhira be attacked on her watch! She had to do something, and had acted rather reflexively but brashly in defense of another. Even so the situation didn't look good. Four big birds, probably predatory, as tall as them, and basically not stopping for a moment. It was bad. It was rather bad, even if they weren't a giant magical stone golem thing in a magic prison.

[quote="Goddess ???"][b]"What do I want? Simple. [color=lightblue]This world is dead. I want you to rebuild it.[/color] The people, humans, demons, and everyone else are scattered. Living in sheltered communities on this dead, frozen world. They have no future, really. Either hunted by the Elder Beasts that roam the wastes, forced to worship them for protection, killing each other for limited resources-"[/b][/quote]

..Yes, that was also right. She'd almost forgotten about that as well. It had been only just over a day since arriving in a new life, but since then so much had happened it was hard to remember much from that far back easily. Still those words from that mysterious goddess seemed to bubble up as her mind desperately ran over everything she knew to try to help her survive this.

[i][color=gold]'Oh Goddess Auset-Kythet, oh deity of the Bastelian people and she who lights the world and scorches her foes! I'm talking to you, praying to you, so listen up to this arrogant mortal's first prayer to you! I get you and the God of Knowledge here have some kind of bad blood and history, basically hate each other's guts! Well right now I and my allies are trying to uncover and illuminate the secrets of this temple of his, and whatever the hell is going on, so I pray to you for your support and for strength from this time onward!

Though while I don't truly know for sure what other being drug me and others to this world, though they probably went overboard and overstepped and pissed you off giving me whatever gift I have without your permission. Still, does that mean I cannot align myself to you? That I cannot seek ties with you, that on my path your glory might be magnified along the way to all?

If this world is the scattered, stagnant, frozen, dead world without a future I was told of before arriving here, then I want to change that with my own two hands! I refuse to let my path and those who stand with me be stopped by the likes of monsters and beasts and this crazy fog or other challenges ahead! This is why I pray to you and for your light forever, oh mighty goddess of the radiant sun![/color][/i]

Yet in the end it was a prayer shouted from the depths of a fool's soul, and a desperate plea and cry uttered forth to ensure they all didn't die here. It was a prayer for a 'dead' world, and an offering of herself to Auset-Kythet if she had to go to such lengths. Whatever it took. She would make her path wrought with her own hands, she would become a [b]hero[/b] one way or another, but this time she wouldn't just sit idly by and let that path be cut off by some over-glorified ostriches during her first real adventure alongside her allies!