"False god? What false god? I don't see any gods here."
He spun his sheathed sword in his hand a few times. That bow looked quite fearsome, actually, but nothing he couldn't handle.
"And my name's Daniel, just to get introductions out of the way. And I'm looking for something, or someone, really. It led me here. Have you seen a beagle around here anywhere? About yay high?"
He held his free hand out to roughly his head height.
"Blue jeans, cowboy boots, big ol' hat?"
Ready for anything, of course. Sword and sheath were in his right hand, stance still the same. Nothing had changed. If the monk fired an arrow, he'd be ready.