"Is he serious?"
"The Vatui and Godslayers have never lowered their heads to anyone before, even if it's him-"
"But look, Princess Ikaris is his supposed to be his wife, right? And yet, she still presents herself on her knee as his follower, there there has to be a reason."
"He said he would take us into his soul? What?"
"How is something so absurd even able to come from his mouth, still less possible?"
After Ikaris and the others had made a spectacle of Sol's presence and then openly revered him, the masses were equal parts confused as they were entranced.
A godslayer with the power to challenge the Grand Collective by himself; not even in the legends were such a being mentioned, his very presence was cause of concern.