The god smiled. It was the saddest thing Elias had ever seen.
"You recalled me at 3 AM."
"That's when I was lonely." Zalmos slurped a noodle. "Sit." zalmos proxy
"Myself. Thirty years ago." Zalmos finally looked up. His eyes were not an actuary's eyes. They were deep wells where logic went to drown. "Before I became... this." The god smiled