Video, what are your thoughts on gods?

[runicfeathers]

[Willow's had this thought in her head for a while now and is curious with all the people on the train from different worlds, so she's finally getting brave enough to ask, even if she looks a little nervous on video.]

What are your views on deities? Are they real or are they fake?

[there's a pause before she gives her own input, getting her thoughts together properly.]

Gods in my world are... more concepts of the Mortal races of Rivaersa, as they do not truly exist themselves. Unless you count the planet herself, but most agree she's less a god, and more a living planet. We Immortals have become the idea of Gods, as we are as ancient as Rivaersa herself. The most ancient race, the Tharsi, are the closest to godly beings as any would get in my world; but again, they are not gods themselves, just a powerful and ancient race that spread knowledge through my world's inhabitants. Many "gods" of my world are merely the ancient Tharsi that bestowed knowledge upon the peoples, or any of the other ancient peoples and races. Mortals seem to take comfort in designating godly status to these ancients, which many of us find... strange and awkward at times.

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[reluctantjinrou]

While I have to admit my world has things in the supernatural realm, magic like that doesn't exist. The relics are made by ordinary people. There are no spells or anything like that, the power comes from the collective, maybe. I'm not clear on that. Places or things that people assign meaning to in the name of gods, is what it seems like.

[runicfeathers]

Your world has no magic? Then how does it survive, exist, LIVE even? How do you connect with nature and hear the earth beneath you?

[Willow.exe has stopped working. Never did she imagine a world without some form of magic existing!]

[reluctantjinrou]

It was created over a long time, and most things on the planet are alive, but the planet itself isn't an organism.

[ He sighs a little bit. ]

Most people aren't interested in connecting with nature. Those that do aren't doing it in a magical way just maybe a spiritual one. I've never heard anything from the Earth. What is it supposed to sound like?