Atrius looked at the sleeping maiden and thought that she was certainly beautiful in an otherworldly way. For a moment he wondered if she dreamed. He found it odd that she could sleep. "You're the reason for so much trouble," he whispered, beauty aside she wasn't very imposing. He'd met women who could cow armies he was sure, but she did not look like that. How was she supposed to be connected to the end of the world. Atrius absentmindedly brushed an errant lock off her face. He put a hand above her mouth. She breathed air, with the gods there was no telling if the heart beating in her chest even needed air like the rest of mortal kind. All and all she seemed a hauntingly beautiful, normal young woman. If he hadn't seen her floating in the air he wouldn't have thought any different. He was struck by how clean and unmarred she was. He probably looked a sight covered in dirt, mud, and a little blood.<br/><br/>He turned to the elders when they approached and let them take up their positions. He refused the chair and remained standing. It wasn't mistrust, it would have been too much work for his cracked ribs to bear at the moment, "For the time being, I have." He said reminding them to be careful with exactly how cryptic they dared to be. He crossed his arms again and listened nonetheless.<br/><br/>"I've had more than my glut of divine business, thank you..." he muttered under his breath. He wanted to yell about how he was sick of the gos and their schemes and wanted no part of any god's plans. He didn't care if it was the earth god or not. However, what the elder said next was bolder still. "Wait, she has the power to kill gods?" It would have been laughable if the wizened old face of the elder hadn't been dead somber. Her? It didn't seem possible. She was supposed to kill gods?<br/><br/>"Well, I suppose the only questions I have to ask are: Why is the earth god looking to release a god-killer? Why is she still asleep? And what in all of the thrice-damned things in the world does this have to do with me anymore!" He directed the last question to the ground and kicked his booted foot at it. It was as if he were calling out the earth god himself, and in a way he was trying, "I got your artifact out, find someone else; I'm sick of your schemes!"