Let him believe the lie but tell your uncle.

You decided it's better for your father to believe that.

The nurse arrives to check over you and attempts to reassure your father.

It's when the nurse starts talking to you that you notice a gift from your pact.

Unlike, before when the nurses or your mother would talk about medical stuff, you understood everything they were saying, following that train of thought and poking your own head.

After she gave you a glass of water and walked away saying you'd be fine with observation for another day.

You had the knowledge of a veteran war nurse.

' so you know how best to apply my gifts' a whisper brushes against your mind.

A quizzical look at the other arm, meant for war, brought a different flash of insight when you knew that if you dwelled on would bring you the knowledge of a warrior the same way.

' so you can protect what you save' that whisper again.

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It's two days later when you get time to see your uncle finally and those around you quit treating me like glass.

You never had the most impressive natural physique but you weren't an invalid, you're actually above average, everybody just always compared you to the other men of your family towering Giants, a lifetime of muscle from surviving the worst that life could throw.

" so you're really going to go through with it and become an adventurer without a pack from a god? I know they make fun of us for being stubborn but boy I'm not letting you kill yourself and I know your father won't either."

" That's why I'm leaving a note with you for him before I leave I've already filed the paperwork for my life path. "

" that still leaves the problem of me letting you i may only have one arm but I still have the blessings in me. "

" you're also the only one I trust, I do have a pack of the god, - "

" your friend wasn't lying was he "

" no but I also wouldn't call him my friend anymore. "

" what God!? "

" I don't know I couldn't read their name.

" boy!"

" it's a god of love and aspect of change. They were very few parts of the book in our language let alone parts that weren't damaged. "

" listen now and listen well you are never going to say that out loud again and you're going to think you're a lucky stars nobody saw you working with it or finishing it "

" Wh-? "

" promise me now. "

" I promise but why old Jackson made a pact with a lost God before and he just got to fine. "

" the god old Jackson made a pact with wasn't hated by every Army on the planet."

" what do you mean ?"

" I only know scraps but everybody of a certain age knows enough, unlike the other lost gods this one was scrubbed from the Royal and godly archives, it's the only case I know where a gods connection to this plane was attempted to be completely severed even the other so-called lost gods have worshipers hidden somewhere or nations that allow one or two small Cults to them to crop up, this one was universally this one was universally despised and all of its influence erased I don't know how you found something from them. You better hope you can pretend what was granted you can be mistaken for other powers. So tell me what did your foolishness bring you. "

You feel like somebody had hit you with a stun spell what your uncle had just told you was entirely discongruent with the single picture and few words you had of your God. But that wouldn't matter if they're despised by the world.

" I-I have the knowledge of a war veteran nurse, and the knowledge of a warrior."

" if all you gained is knowledge we might be able to salvage th-"

" there's more but I don't understand it yet," you raise your arms and will the tattoos to appear. "The left hand is supposed to help me heal the right is supposed to help me defend."

"... and you've chosen the path of the adventure so you're going to end up using them someday because we both know you won't let someone else die to keep your secret."

.... Your uncle looks like he's thinking deeply you let him because he's probably the only one who might be able to help.

" I'm grabbing my Warhammer I'm going to find out what gifts you have the hard way, then I'm going to coach you on how to pretend you're anything but the last worshiper of 'the scorned God'"