[he was careful enough, at least, to avoid any potential breaches of contract. having intended to seek her out in the first place, it would only have made things more difficult.]

I... am faring acceptably. My previous experience with such corruption allows me to avoid its influence, to a degree. It's more difficult in this human form, but as you no doubt surmised, it's not currently an option to change whilst in Menancia.

[ever has he known the truth of her - perhaps more than the other gods had, even. very, very little is beyond the scope of her understanding, and she's a keeper of history in many ways beyond his own ability.]

Corruption isn't something worth being dishonest about. Its ability to find the smallest of weaknesses is profound, after all. I... have found myself more irritable than I'm used to, more prone to the violence I displayed in my... younger years. It's difficult to tell how much of that is protectiveness and how much is influenced.

[he does fail to mention the feelings of guilt in Dohalim's lowest moments, partly because he finds them embarrassing and partly because they feel so much like his own thoughts that he doesn't think about it.]