[ Goddess this, goddess that.....it would be nice if she could let herself relax for a moment, pretend to be just a regular person like anyone else instead of being bound to a title granted to her since her birth. (Or conception? Deities have always worked in different ways.)
He watches the line in front of them move three inches, motioning for Ereshkigal to inch ahead along with everyone else. Maybe they'll finally get out of here sooner rather than later and she can immediately scurry back to the safety of her room. (Wishful thinking though, based on the speed they're moving at.) ]
You know, you don't have to be a goddess here. You don't need to 'do better' or place yourself on a pedastal. Most of us here have had our lives and titles and wealth stripped away from us. Here, we're all the same, just cogs part of a larger machine.
[ Wait, hang on a second, that sounds bad. ]
Not to say you've become lesser here or anything, only that if you wanted to you could be the person you want to be rather than the goddess others have always imagined you to be. You have that choice, hard though it might be to make.
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He watches the line in front of them move three inches, motioning for Ereshkigal to inch ahead along with everyone else. Maybe they'll finally get out of here sooner rather than later and she can immediately scurry back to the safety of her room. (Wishful thinking though, based on the speed they're moving at.) ]
You know, you don't have to be a goddess here. You don't need to 'do better' or place yourself on a pedastal. Most of us here have had our lives and titles and wealth stripped away from us. Here, we're all the same, just cogs part of a larger machine.
[ Wait, hang on a second, that sounds bad. ]
Not to say you've become lesser here or anything, only that if you wanted to you could be the person you want to be rather than the goddess others have always imagined you to be. You have that choice, hard though it might be to make.