"As it stands now, there is barely any reason to call this a domain at all. Though I command here, it is not my rule that is followed, as it once was."
"YET DOES NOT THIS SYMBOL OF YOUR EMPIRE STILL STAND? Ludicia mused. "EVEN IF YOUR RULE IS FORGOTTEN, YOUR IMPRINT REMAINS. THE ALTAR WAS WORSHIPPED ONCE– IT MAY BE AGAIN."
She turned slowly as the goddess passed her on the way to her throne.
"Just like the day I left them all those long centuries ago... so long now that I can barely remember it myself. But I find the refreshed memories.. painful."
The two exchanged looks, allowing the silence to fall over the room momentarily. "I WAS BORN TODAY. JUST NOW, IN FACT. SO I AM STILL GETTING USED TO THE WORLD– THIS, AND THE ONE BEYOND. AS SUCH I FEAR I CANNOT BE OF COMFORT TO YOU, UNLESS YOU WISH FOR ME TO PUNISH THOSE WHO HAVE WRONGED YOU, AS I PUNISHED THE BLASPHEMERS BEFORE." She looked at the skull in Alteez's hands. "IT IS MY PURPOSE TO BE THE BEARER OF SUCH BURDENS, AS IT IS YOUR PURPOSE TO RULE."
With this she fell silent again, listening to the echo of her own words. She felt too large for this place now that the silence had fallen and the criminals were dealt with– like a horse stomping through glass, though she wasn't sure how she knew that. Bashfulness was a difficult expression to pull off when one looked like Ludicia, but she somehow managed.