Who said I wasn't shocked? When you grow up being told that 'emotional outbursts' are unladylike, you get very good at covering it up very quickly. [In that sense, the Metaverse was a godsend - she has license to be a sadistic terror. It's a benefit, not a drawback.]

It's quite a bit to take in, to be sure. It doesn't entirely surprise me that Shido may be aware one of his 'dalliances' has come back to haunt him - it's not as though you take after him in the looks department, after all - but it is useful information, even if I won't be the one deciding exactly what to do with it.

The god business... is something else entirely, but I have no reason to disbelieve you. It's possible my presence on this side of the 'board' has already changed things, but otherwise I don't know what to make of it yet.

[She's going to have to talk to Aspen to draw any true conclusions.]

You'll have to let me know how your chicken husbandry progresses. :)