Francis' smile started to fade as he climbed into the passenger side of her car, shifting a little in his seat to look straight at her.<br/><br/>"Aileen... have you ever wondered about religion? Have you ever thought about why everywhere in the world, there are myths? About gods, about monsters, about heroes? It isn't even most cultures. It's all of them. All of them have their monsters, and their heroes... and their gods. Just think on that while I talk, okay?<br/><br/>"Once upon a time, there was a beautiful woman. A god looked upon her and desired her greatly, but her hand was promised to a mortal man. Yet, on the eve of her wedding, when she had partaken of the the bounty of the grape vine, he seduced her. In the morning, he was gone. The woman breathed not a word of that night to a single soul, and that day was wed, and nine months later, gave birth to a lovely daughter, and together, she and her husband raised the daughter as their own.<br/><br/>"The god knew the truth, however, that the daughter was his. He knew, though, that her childhood would not be a happy one if the light of truth shone bright, and among his people, there had long been a practice of fostering children to other families. And so he sent the most loyal of his servants to watch over his daughter for him.<br/><br/>"Now, long ago, the gods had fought a great and terrible war against monsters and creatures and fouler things, for when they roamed the earth, the world was dangerous for mankind; while they yet roamed free, man could not master nature, living in fear instead. And so the gods sealed the monsters away in a deep, dark place with all their cunning and all their might and all their magic. But the prison could not hold forever, and when the monsters broke free again, the gods were fearful. And so they sent their servants and messengers to seek the sons and daughters that mortals had borne them, bearing with them wonders and birthrights, relics imbued with power divine, as it was with the heroes of old, Cu Chulainn and Hercules, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne and Perseus.<br/><br/>"... Do you understand what is is I'm telling you, Aileen. Do you understand<em>whose</em>story it is I'm telling? Because it's a true story, I promise you that."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll Legend + Willpower + Integrity. Difficulty 6. If she fails, Aileen must do her best to believe Francis' story. Whether or not she succeeds or fails her resistance roll, she can tell that <em>Francis</em> believes the story he's telling her.</div></div>