"I love only one."
"I know. It is the big one who never smiles except when he looks at you and me. Then he smiles with sadness. But he is not liked by the other gods. I have seen him argue with the others and shout at them and wave his arms about—and they have stopped smiling at him. If he is in disfavor, it is dangerous to have anything to do with him. He carries his lightning stick at all times, and I know it is because he fears attack from his own kind, not from us. You must stay away from him."
"He does not seek me. I fail to please him."
"He is a god and you are woman."
"But Sigala, and Bulbini—"
"I know. Some of the gods have been lonelier than the others. That is the only reason."
"The big one who is called Fronk—has not yet—"
"It is just as well."
"Not even that night when we first—"
"Derla, you will have to forget about him and stay away from him."