Azraile Enters
Reuel says, "I get that. With the experiences you've had, it would be intimidating to meet one. It would be intimidating for anyone, really. The god of belly lint isn't as intimidating as others, but it still scares people when they think they've got a spider on their belly button.
"There is another way to think about these things. You've seen into the spirit realm, so you know that everything has spirit. Spirit is breath. Breath is life. All things have life in them.
"Consider a single atom. Like all things it has spirit. Considered together with all of its counterparts, it has certain characteristics and behaves a certain way. The hive of all of that atom is the god of that atom, while the atoms themselves are its body.
"But also, when arranged with other types of atoms, it creates molecules. The same can be said of molecules that can be said of atoms. Also it is the same with cells where a hive of cells is the body of a person, animal, fungus or plant. The hive of all human cells everywhere is the body of the god of human cells. In the same way, a hive of humans makes a body of a demon. Interestingly enough, since humans reproduce, the ancestor tends to be the mind of that body. Every human who came from human A makes up the body of human A who becomes a kind of a god after death. But due to the various influences of our minds, we aren't just part of the body of one god, but many. Part of my mind is in the body of the god of anger, part is in the body of the god of Peter (my father), and so on. Some parts of me are shared by multiple different gods. A god is just a spirit, and a spirit is able accumulate or lose power and its body by the influence it has over people or other spirits.
"The way that a spirit influences a person is similar to the way that I influence my cells. The cells still have their own autonomy, but I have some control over the collective. Even so, if one of my cells decides to rebel against me, there is nothing I can do about it. That cell simply stops being part of me.
"As a human - a cell of gods, you belong to the body of whatever gods you act in accordance with.
"What do you think about these things?"