[He may not get the context, but he gets it anyway, and so he laughs. As he laughs, there is is, around him, a wolf, dark and gray, staring at Prior for a second.

And then it's gone.]

Well, I promise. I wouldn't let him hurt you.

[Nighteyes wouldn't do it.]

El. And Edda. But they're not really, well. They're gods, but it's not such a religion. There are religions in the southern countries, like Bingtown, and Jamaillia.