Juhyeon had often said,
“If you want to imitate a human properly—”
“Imitate? Would you like to see a portrait cry? It would be your first time, correct?”
“I haven’t finished speaking, so don’t prepare to start crying in earnest. Listen, Mr. Gio.”
He worried that this scatterbrained portrait might return as a cult god no mere human could withstand. One could gain a rough idea simply by observing the deeds most Evil Gods committed during their amusements.
“It would be better to use Items than act directly.”
Juhyeon worried about Gio.
“Listen to me instead of taking matters into your own hands because you’re frustrated, then returning with some bizarre fanatic in tow.”
“I am a pure Sun who does not deal in fanatics.”
“The Sun isn’t the only thing inside you right now, Mr. Gio. Correct? I have more life experience than you.”
“Do I not possess more if you add all of mine together?”
“I phrased that badly. At the very least, I understand the standards of ‘ordinary’ better than you.”
“I cannot deny that.”
Gio raised both thumbs.
“I do lack some awareness of social cues.”
“I don’t think social cues are the only problem, but I heard about it from Mr. Yoo Seongwoon.”
Juhyeon asked with concern filling his voice.
“You created a passage through the ocean in the Kingdom of the Deep Sea before, correct?”
“I heard it was not illegal. I have been wronged.”
“I am not scolding you, so keep listening. I even heard you made stairs rather than a slide. Is that true?”
“Naturally, I made stairs. Think about it, Mr. Juhyeon. If I made a slide down such…