[ The goddess is quiet for a long moment, before deciding that he should be sitting for this and taking a seat on the wet sand, knees drawn up close to his chest. ]
There was... a higher god, one like you, that wished to court me. For a while he came here often, trying to win my affection with jewels and gold. I had no interest in such things though, and explained to him again and again each time I turned him down that I was not in a position to leave my island. I am bound to this place and unable to leave, and most of all the people here needed me. Even if I were somehow to leave, that would mean the island's death.
[ And then Megami goes quiet, hanging his head. The memory is painful. ]
...One day he finally had enough, and grew angry.
[ He raises an arm without raising his head, and points in the direction of the island's lone mountain. ]
That mountain is a volcano that laid dormant for centuries. He made it erupt. It destroyed more than half the island including the entire village.
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There was... a higher god, one like you, that wished to court me. For a while he came here often, trying to win my affection with jewels and gold. I had no interest in such things though, and explained to him again and again each time I turned him down that I was not in a position to leave my island. I am bound to this place and unable to leave, and most of all the people here needed me. Even if I were somehow to leave, that would mean the island's death.
[ And then Megami goes quiet, hanging his head. The memory is painful. ]
...One day he finally had enough, and grew angry.
[ He raises an arm without raising his head, and points in the direction of the island's lone mountain. ]
That mountain is a volcano that laid dormant for centuries. He made it erupt. It destroyed more than half the island including the entire village.