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And we also have a dirty god about whom I could say nothing that isn't true; he lies, cheats and steals; and when we were introduced he was faraway from anything I'd known and I've probably hated him maybe almost as much as I love him.

His skin is black from constant exposure to the sun; he often shows toothless gums and is known also to protect the foolish enough to have wandered to the unknown wastes.