[Fortune's gaze drops to the ground, and they're silent for a few long moments.]
We aren't participants in the game the same way you are. It's only those with statues in the courtyard who can be harmed, according to the oaths we swore. People can... try to hurt us, but... we have power here. We could stop it.
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You don't... think someone is going to try that, do you?
I would very much like to think no one would actually take such a risk, and I have not been given reason to think anyone in particular might.
[But also, gestures at the time periods he operates in and all the things he is aware people will do to each other. Sometimes the most effective strike is not at the enemy, but something they protect.]
But I could not discount the possibility of someone thinking it could be a move benefiting their own god, or even simply their own interests.
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We aren't participants in the game the same way you are. It's only those with statues in the courtyard who can be harmed, according to the oaths we swore. People can... try to hurt us, but... we have power here. We could stop it.
[...]
You don't... think someone is going to try that, do you?
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[But also, gestures at the time periods he operates in and all the things he is aware people will do to each other. Sometimes the most effective strike is not at the enemy, but something they protect.]
But I could not discount the possibility of someone thinking it could be a move benefiting their own god, or even simply their own interests.
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[Yeah, Fortune can't really say no one would think to try it.]
Right now, it's not possible. So that's not something you need to worry about.
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That is good to know, then.
[He is definitely quietly noting the phrasing on 'right now' though.]
Thank you, for all of this. I appreciate your willingness to answer-- as well as having one less thing to concern myself with.
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...we should all be the ones thanking you. We all need you.