As if a god suffocating is not absurd enough, Rier's godhood was taken by a transcendent who then brought it to Malekite. This shocked every god watching.
They expected rebellion in the form of theft. The transcendents were supposed to take the godhood for themselves. After all, they had shed their lives for it. It would also give them power greater than that of Malekite.
It would have been perfectly normal for the transcendents to run away from their low-god ancestor with the godhood of a mid-god. However, the transcendents were not tempted by the godhood enough to rebel.
A god said, "I have never seen this kind of loyalty."
"27 of them out of 30 died but they didn't rebel. Instead, they helped her to advance further. No wonder she has so many vessels. It seems that the loyalty of her race has not been broken by their transcendence."
