"I thought all that stuff about ancient deities was proven to be just very powerful magic," Dan replied to Alex when he explained the origins of the terms.  The idea of a set of superpowerful individuals that did not exist in reality had given way to the (supposedly) more correct idea that those referred to as gods were simply wizards of incredible ability who continued to influence after death because some had chosen to believe that it was not possible for such persons to have truly died.  Well, that was in a bit of a twist, now wasn't it?  Though, if it was true, there was no way they could actually go around saying all that, people would think they were nuts.<br/><br/>Dan turned to Not-Dan.  "That does bring us to<em>you</em>.  Who exactly are you anyways, that you can order us around like this?  You managed to switch us once, switching again should not be so much of a problem again!"  Of course, what Dan did not realize was that he was definitely within reach of Not-Dan, just as, with the door closing, Not-Alex was in reach of Alex...