She smiled, “I’m glad. I sense the hesitation in your body… Skepticism…” The elegant figure moved forward, cupping the girl’s cheek with her hand. Warmth moved from the goddess to her, and there was a pulse underneath the fingertips. “I’m quite real… And you’re going to be a very lucky, very powerful girl…” She pulled back and stood up straight, looking down at Mira as she spoke. “You are aware of the attacks on your coastlands. These are deliberate movements by the Earth God’s warriors. They want to dry my ocean and step all over my lifegiving waters… He is assisted by the Goddess of Fire, and unfortunately, I do not have the strength to tackle them both in the Pantheon…”<br/><br/>She pointed a finger towards Mira, “So, I am tasking you with a special mission… I will be lending you some powers, things to help you fight. You must strike back against them, reduce his believers to quivering babies begging for their lives. The less people there are praying, the weaker they become… It is what happened to me after those towns were lost…” She slowly exhaled, and settled down on the ground, her long dress of tentacles spreading out on the floor as she did. Her color certainly didn’t exert the same radiance that the legends told.<br/><br/>“I understand this is… A lot to hear. But I need someone who is strongly willed, and you have that quality… Plus, you shall be inspiring our people to be strong in this time of peril… Mira, you are going to be a very important and very powerful person soon…”<br/>