The Tengu boy's face was full of eagerness and concern.
"Ah, Karasutengu." As Ayawasikup mustered energy, she weakly smiled at her own resource deity, "Child, you have done well."
"Spider Mother Goddess, your divine power... it's dissipating?"
Karasutengu stood up and hurriedly supported one of Ayawasikup's hands.
"I'll be fine. The Sun God is no longer here, and it's not so simple to make the sun rise over this land again, is it?" The Spider Mother Goddess's smile faded slightly, then she turned to Kamiyagawa, "Lord Kamiya, may I ask you for a favor?"
"Ah... yes, speak."
"Karasutengu is a good child, could you look after him for me?"
"Spider Mother Goddess?" Unable to hold back, Karasutengu interrupted his own goddess.
His eyes beneath the white God Pattern Mask were moist and shimmering, like those of a puppy about to be abandoned by its master.
Was the Mother Goddess... planning to leave him behind?