Really? [INSTANTLY INTERESTED.] Do you think I could hear one of them sometime?

[Their posture seems to relax a little.]

I get it. It's okay. [That must mean they're important to her.] I'd like that though. CDs are pretty old-school even if they're not too bad, but I miss live music.

Anything with a good beat. [They are in a dance studio, after all.] And anything that makes people smile, you know? That's the coolest thing about music. It makes people feel so many different things, sometimes without even using words at all.

Yeah...definitely. [A hand moves to trace a pattern on the floor as they speak.] Sometimes I write things just for me, too. It's nice even if nobody else hears it.

[There's a lingering pause.]

Maybe someday. I--[And there's another pause because it seems that's something else they can't quite say.]--think it may have to be another time.

Me too. It means we'll get to talk again and that's...really nice. [Love likes talking to people.] Is there anything else I can do for you until then? Or any questions you have for me? Usually that's how these things go.

[They got distracted talking about themselves which is also fine tbh.]

...well. [Ah.] The thing about this competition is that it's to make sure one of us has the most followers in the end. There're a few ways to do that though, and not all of them are great options. Especially when some of the gods are more open to them than others.

The way where people convince others to join my team without actively hurting them. The strongest way to build a team is to make sure you trust each other. How can you trust anyone if you're worried they might stab you in the back?

[They're firm on this.] I'm not here to encourage you guys to hurt other people, and I really hope it never comes to that.

It should be, but when we set the rules for the game it made its way into those rules. It's a fast way to eliminate you guys and it's why we also made it a deal that should anything happen to you here you'd be revived at the end and still get to go home.

[They sound troubled by the idea though.] I want to believe you guys are better than that...but I don't know yet. Some of your wishes are very big things to wish for, and I think when people are desperate for a solution...they don't think clearly.

[People are crazy, basically.]

[A remorseful shake of the head.] The most I can do is try to talk someone out of it, but the rules allow it. We can't go back on those.

There's a reason we've also made it so that everyone comes back to life at the end, and even if you die if you're a part of the winning team you'll get your wish. It's a rule I hate, but divine oath works in weird ways.

...I can't say that either yet. I'm sorry.

Um...[AHHHH.] Ask me again later! I may be able to answer then.