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It was an unusual question, if only because Jinx had never thought of it before. To Pump, Jinx and Akhlut were wolves following silly false beliefs with no proof of existence, solely because they had been told to do so. To Jinx, Pump was a heathen who had parted from the old ways of the wolf, Atka and Sos were the supreme creators, and Shearwater Bay was a pack steeped in the ancient old beliefs. The perspective changed everything; Shearwater Bay had not adopted the Bear Gods. Rather, everyone else had abandoned them.

"They are the ultimate truth," she responded after a very long pause. "Atka and Sos are the Creator and the Destroyer, the Mother and the Lord. Atka brought forth all life, from the sharks in the sea to the elk on the land and us wolves, too. Sos gave their spirits a place to rest, and brought nightfall and terror, that we may appreciate the light. They are all things, Rulers of life and death, Creators of all that we see. They chose wolves as the supreme beasts, and gave us Their favour." She took a moment to regard Pump quizzically before concluding with, "My family has not abandoned the old ways where others have forgotten the Gods. We pay tribute to those who Made us, as all wolves should."

Somewhere in there, the Nereides had diverged to view the Sea as their mistress. Nanuq and Aktaie had bastardized the faiths by comparing Atka to the Sea, and from there, Akhlut's beliefs had been born. Jinx didn't subscribe to this. She believed Atka had a fondness for the sea, as Sos had a fondness for mountains (in her belief), but they weren't the same. She didn't comment on Akhlut's faith, though, not knowing enough about it to say.