"Are you okay?" Reeva asked, worried about his new friend.
"I'm fine… The great one need not worry about me," Hommka replied, though his eye was twitching as tears began to fall. Reeva extended his hand to wipe them away.
"Great one, you need not do that for me…"
"…"
Reeva didn't say anything, letting the man cry in silence. After a while, Hommka spoke again. "I'm sorry I've shown you such an unsightly display."
"No worries. Everyone has moments like these—even the gods," Reeva said, recalling the last chapter of the [Legend of the Divine Twig], where Klad had reached godhood, yet his emotions were still in turmoil.
"Such… a blasphemous statement," the one-eyed man murmured, his voice still heavy with sadness. "But… it makes me feel at ease. The great one has a way with words."
"It's nothing."
