It reminds Jim that if he answers how he feels honestly it would be so much hubris to claim such a thing. Opening himself up for trouble should he in fact be wrong. But he's read up on how the aedra and daedra of Nirn work enough to be at least more confident than most. So he shrugs at first before offering a slow nod.
"If there were gods in my plane they've got to be near dead by now." If not wiped out entirely. "They require prayer at least on Nirn. Belief and devotion to exist. Without that, even if they live they can't do anything. And most of the Federation believes there can't be anything like that in our galaxy. Even Earth has by and large become atheist. If they exist, good for them. They don't interfere in our affairs or care. But no one who does magic or anything that relies on divine power or aether can control their powers well on my world either. Leads me to think there must not be much of it, if any, in my plane."
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It reminds Jim that if he answers how he feels honestly it would be so much hubris to claim such a thing. Opening himself up for trouble should he in fact be wrong. But he's read up on how the aedra and daedra of Nirn work enough to be at least more confident than most. So he shrugs at first before offering a slow nod.
"If there were gods in my plane they've got to be near dead by now." If not wiped out entirely. "They require prayer at least on Nirn. Belief and devotion to exist. Without that, even if they live they can't do anything. And most of the Federation believes there can't be anything like that in our galaxy. Even Earth has by and large become atheist. If they exist, good for them. They don't interfere in our affairs or care. But no one who does magic or anything that relies on divine power or aether can control their powers well on my world either. Leads me to think there must not be much of it, if any, in my plane."