Neverwinter Forest chrysanthemum

You're totally fine!

Oh, he was very good at telling stories, it seemed. A creation story? Valencia was familiar with the Gods of Old that her parents had taught her about, but she had not believed in them for many moons. Was she against the idea of there being gods in general? No. But was she skeptical? Yes. 

Still, she had found that when people spoke of creation stories, and gods in general, they were generally attached to the idea. So that's what she took it as. A retelling of the past, for him.

Lenny was silent for a moment, mulling it over, before she spoke. "So, because the kobe was slow - didn't take its job seriously - the people, us, we're... mortal," she tried, glancing back up to the man. "The lizard was quicker, and the... the Great One made us mortal instead of immortal."