Psaras' gaze didn't waver but simply seemed to lock beyond Teskort as he spoke.
"Teskort, I don't exist for ideals, and I don't exist for myself. My sphere is a minor one, and it's so strange that I've become such a major god... but that was destiny for all of us, from our very form, I suppose. But, I'm a god of fishing, Teskort. There can't be fishing without mortals. While I guess this would be manifested by other gods merely as protecting their kin as viciously as I have protected mine, that's not all of it for me. I don't protect my children only because I created them, I don't protect them only because I need them, I don't protect them only because they fish. Teskort, I protect my children because I love them more than I love myself. When the end comes, I'm going to sacrifice myself. I'm going to see if any of my sons and daughters can survive in my stead.
And so at any costs, at all costs, I will NOT let them fail. Do you see why?
But yes, we are brothers, and no, I don't intend to fight! I, I never intended industrialization as a way to counter nature, I mean... think about it. If in a sea of blue, three islands are green, it is still mostly blue, yes? If my Networlds industrialize, it's not going to make a difference for your ideals in the end, it's just a means of survival. It's just three worlds, and there is so much more universe that you control, to have nature in. The infinite ocean I won't, I can't touch. I just want my children to survive. We don't even have to fight anyway, we can both be satisfied with this.
...I never would have wanted to be a god, anyway, at least not an omnipotent one like this. If there were... local gods, that blessed villages or nations, say, I would have loved to be one of those. Or a mortal, even. A fisherman in a shore city, feeding his family and living a peaceful life... that would have been my favorite of all. But I am a god, Teskort, and I am a father, and all I'm trying to do is protect my children."
Turning to quietly watch the new gods with suspicion, Psaras couldn't help but muse to himself.
"Since I'm a father, and we're brothers, does that make Teskort an uncle?"