Hmmm...alright then. That one really got to me. I'm an emotional wreck right now.
But you know, besides just being cool, I also want to praise this author for his take on polytheism. Matar allowing her to still benefit from her despite being a heretic, but only if she is simultaneously punished for was really nice fleshing out of the concept of religion here.
I was confused a little by Gus' story though. Is he saying that the conflicts of the gods manifest themselves as major events among humanity? Or is he saying that the stories of the Gods are simply created by humans to explain away major events concerning humanity? I get that there's some sort of correlation between the two, but I don't know which of the two is the causation.