CH34

More hours passed and Ben made some significant progress when he noticed it was getting late and decided to go see Thera.

He walked around her home to see where she could be before finding her in what seemed to be her bedroom, laying down with a book, so he gave a knock to get her attention.

“Hey Thera, any idea when Sonya will be home? I thought I’d throw together dinner as a thanks for patching me up.”

“That would be great,” She said and put her book down. “She’s usually home in about an hour, do you want a hand?”

“Sure sounds good, thanks.”

With that, they made their way to the kitchen and Ben started to dig around looking at the ingredients before deciding on making a raninal soup and some stuffed chreb, both dishes he learned while cooking at the church. He got Thera to cut all the vegetables they would need while he focused on assembling the ingredients and cooking.

As they prepped the meal they chatted about the day, Thera talking about the book she was enjoying and Ben discussing his progress on his practice and how he was understanding why the cloaks were hard to come by, it was hard to imagine too many enchanters wanting to make these regularly. Eventually, they moved on to talking about other things while they worked on the food and let the time pass until Sonya got back.

When she walked into the kitchen she was surprised to see them both at the stove, Ben powering it and working on a pan while Thera stirred a soup, and gave them a greeting. “You know, usually patients are meant to rest and recover, but it does smell great in here.”

“Oh hey Sonya, you could say I’m recovering from practicing my enchanting technique all day, it’s super monotonous. Besides, I wanted to thank you for looking after me these past few days.”

“And you even got Thera to help,” She said with a smile.

“Hey I help you sometimes,” She spoke back defensively.

“She was a great help, I’m sure if we can ever find a stove that can handle her she’ll be a great cook. Anyway, it should be about ready so let’s eat.”

They set the table and all sat down before digging in. Ben asked about Sonya’s day at the clinic and she asked what they had gotten up to before broaching another topic.

“So Ben, how exactly did you become an apostle?” Sonya tried to bring it up naturally, though the curiosity had been at her all day.

“Yeah, I’ve never met one before,” Thera added.

“It’s nothing too exciting guys, I’m pretty sure I got the role by default.”

“How could you possibly get such an important position with your god by default?” Thera asked.

“I’m the guy’s only believer, so there were no other applicants for the job I guess. As soon as I accepted Myriad as my god it showed up as my title.”

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“Wait, you’re his only believer?” Sonya questioned. “Ben, don’t tell me you’re involved with a forbidden god?”

“As long as he’s telling me the truth then he shouldn’t be,” Ben went on to explain what his god told him when they first met, how he was the accumulation of his race’s souls and how his race destroyed their planet rather than let the invaders get it.

Thera and Sonya sat and listened with an intense focus until he finished explaining his god’s backstory.

“Your god sounds insane,” Thera remarked.