It Can't Be

An invisible Battle

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War.

What constitutes war?

Is it a fight between the two?

Or many?

What is a battle?

A chase for territory or A fight for peace.

Or maybe in the face of justice, the bloodshed and the lives lost are worth the lives that continue to live?

Those are questions the people ask me. Those are the fears that people have of safety. I am the goddess of Protection and Beauty, I bestow those who are worthy of it with my protection and those who believe in it with a sense of security in their looks.

I do not believe in the sense of greater or less than. One can be and say whoever they want but it is those actions that reflect what they are. If they are ugly or beautiful that has nothing to do with your appearance but your heart.

I am Navia.
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"Navia come here won't you." My mother was a trivial woman and held up to the standards of other gods. To put it simply she was a loving but greedy woman.

My mother's name is Ahnis and she is The Goddess of Shade and Youth.

"Yes, mother."

"My beautiful baby girl won't you do your mother a favor, since Carnav isn't around can you go down to Itania and retrieve some fine jewelry for me to adorn at your wedding in 6 months, I must have them now before the best jewels are out of season."

Wedding?

"Wedding? What wedding." I say looking at her like she had grown two heads.

"Well Navia you're almost 22 and you have yet to find a man to marry you, do you find distaste in the other gods?" She says as she finally looks up from the object she's knitting.

"No, it's just that I thought I would have a little more-."

"What Navia time? The other gods are starting to talk and you know me and your father can't have the others looking down on us because our daughter won't marry."

"Now will you please go down to itania and get the jewelry."

"Yes, mother."

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"Leo, if you keep banging down on that metal like that you're going to owe me a new hammer boy."

I hate working here.

"Yes, Arc I'm sorry I shall not hurt your precious precious hammer," I say putting it back on the wall while the metal cools down. "Watch your mouth ya tiny so I can break ya in half. Don't test me."

"Yeah yeah, whatever I'm so scared. Shall I cry a River for you so you can feed me to the fishies too oh big bad Arc?"

"If I wasn't low on workers and you didn't have a good hand I would sure as hell fire your ass," Arc said from the front of the store.

"Correction I'm your only worker, be grateful pal you would be nowhere if it wasn't for me." After rubbing my hands on the dirty rag I throw it over my shoulder and head towards Arc he rolls his eyes.