[They got ignored for a cat and for science, they're not sure how to feel about that. On the other hand, they've found Julius rather intriguing so far and see no reason not to continue.]

As gods, we've got the whole cosmos or whatever at our fingertips. We can peer into worlds, see what kind of people are in them, kind of pick at random...once we have all of you, it's like a bidding war. We decide who wants you. If it's more than three of us, we draw straws. From there, it's your choice which of us you want to start with. There's a reason defection from your patron is allowed and it's part of our rules. It's the same reason we can reach out to other followers and try to give them reason to defect to us in the first place.

You in particular? I saw a potential I liked and beat out the competition.