"You're a clever one," Vax confirmed, sincere in his admiration.

"Well, if one is me, you end up fighting on behalf of your goddess as she plucks at the strings of fate." He made a bit of a face. "She generally seems to approve of what my party and I have done to try and keep the people of Exandria from being dominated by a group of power-hungry dragons, but I... To tell you the truth, this is all rather new to me. I'm not sure of what I'm doing or what she'll want of me yet, not really."

It only haunted him when he stopped to think about it.