Granted their souls peace... Ethlyn understood that. It was a reassuring notion.

"If Gracefeel is your patron, I see no reason why she might not have reached you here as well as whatever world you came from," she said. "Who can know the powers of the gods?"

She wasn't sure if her family's god was here, in any sense, but she still prayed to him, and she still felt sure that those prayers were heard--even if it was a message across a far-distant ocean now. A god involved in active intercessions, as Gracefeel seemed to be, seemed like she could cross that distance if called.

"...They carried the brand that so many of us did, back in May."