[shale listens. religion is, it turns out, one of the things they care about most deeply. though the Fury sounds like a very different god than the one they worship, faith itself is something they understand quite well.]

I'd like to think so, too.

[quietly, after a moment.]

It's hard to imagine the god who wouldn't be honored by your service, that you have sought to do right by her, whatever you have felt right may be.