Let's try this best friend thing one more time.

We were back at my place sitting in front of a fire, she had a beer and I had tea.

The same type my mother always liked afterwork, when we would talk or she'd tell stories.

" All right spill how the hell did you one shot at monster and how the FUCK did you heal without your potions."

"Mundane, but chemical filled, special chakrams, and with my hands." I smiled a little, I knew this would rile her up.

I also hadn't lied yet "Okay smart ass you know what I mean"

I sighed this is going to be nerve-racking. "My father wanted me to be like him, my mom just wanted me to be a safe. -"

" Did you somehow manage to get the gifts of two different gods?" She was asking questions but as was her nature, she wasnt letting you finish, before she was aggressively on her next question.

"No , everybody knows that's impossible?"

"Then what? Those two skills don't mesh, there's no God or aspect that I know of that lets you do that. All the powers are supposed to mesh conceptually."

" Oh so you were paying attention in school."

" I did, so what the hell did you do."

" I wanted to be like both of my parents, in the stories they told me of their adventuring days, everybody told me it was impossible, I was too stubborn.

It was their stories about their time with 'Aunt' Crystal that let me dream, she wanted the same but was forced to walk one path.

I'm sure they told me those stories to dissuade me, but was it too much to want to do both?"

" It's not but the world don't let you do that. I had to come to terms with that, I had to walk the path laid before me, your only option is mundane if you want more, it's why I got so good at stabbing motherfuckers."

" You were pretty close to figuring it out, none of the Gods you know could, but what about ones you don't ?"

"What do-nooo you didn't?!"

"I did, I found documentation on a lost God. And I was stubborn and bullheaded enough to push forward before I could get caught, I didn't even know for sure what the initial pact gifts would be, but I had to try, what I could decipher of the book showed exactly what I wanted."

"Wait, you formed a pact with a god from a book that you couldn't understand the language of?! "

" Not my smartest moment, but before I could decide fully one way or the other, my hand was forced, so far it's worked out."

" Okay, that's stupid and embarrassing I guess, but why hide it at this point"

" If I tell you, you have to promise to never speak a word of this." From jovial to deathly serious.

" The fuck did you get yourself into, sure I promise. "

" It turned out to be a God that still has an active crusade-treaty against them in most kingdoms. Basically the only place that's safe is the frontier. And even here people knowing could cause issues. "

Half her beer ended up on the floor from flying out her nose "whhaaat?!"

"Surprised me too, thought I would just get a fine, instead I can never go home and have to lie to everyone."

"Okay ... okay, wait is that why your face changed?"

"That's what you're focused on right now?"

"Yeah seems like the less problematic thing I can focus on, all things considered."

"Yeah it probably is, it's happening similar to how my family described getting bodily blessings from their god. "

" Well I got to say it did make you cuter, I'll have to be your wingman some night so we can get you a girlfriend. "

" Is that your way of saying you still want to be my friend, appreciated but I'm going to be apprehensive about letting anybody close to me like that. "

" That self-conscious about a slight upgrade from your God? "

" That self-conscious that it's happening this quickly, they're probably going to notice something, you've noticed something this fast. "

" Fair enough, well if I already wasn't planning to do the duo thing with you, I'd have to now, somebody needs to help cover for you "

" Thanks Kay, besides having to hide my abilities less often means I can cover for you more often. More stabbing time! "

"You're right but you're still a brat."

" Love ya too Kay, either way I'm going to bed, you can crash on my couch if you want, if not lock up when you've drank enough of my beer. "

"Night. "