Yeah, I gave up on the carving thing after a week.
Eris's talent with her hands is just beyond god-like, which I attribute to her skills with the sword and cooking.
It's not that I'm jealous of her, I just felt that it was a little bit pointless for me to pursue it in front of her so I decided to find something else to do.
I could, after all, become instantly perfect at anything I do if I wanted to, but that would take the fun out of it so there's no way I would do that.
If you are already perfect, there's nothing else you can improve on and you're going to get bored.
Speaking of which, I heard there were some fights going on between the gods for Iris and myself elsewhere again. I guess Iris's Ending of their sense of conflict was only temporary and it was returned after they left.
I figured that since it wasn't taking place above us, I did not need to care.