To the Love Born in the Lowest Place

As Liv sobbed uncontrollably, the gods’ voices bore down upon her head:

Does this world sadden our child so?

Now we can do anything for our beloved child.

If you are saddened or angered, we can destroy this world for you.

If you perish, we will utterly obliterate this world.

We have no need for a world where our beloved child doesn’t exist.

“I’m alright...”

The more they spoke, the worse her headache became.

This world belongs to you, child.

It was then, as Liv tightly shut her eyes and curled up, that a grating screech unlike anything she had heard pierced the air – the sound of an arrival. Lifting her head, Liv saw unfamiliar animals and objects before her.

A ‘carriage’ has come.

The creatures before the carriage are called ‘horses’.