(I freely admit that this post is part of shameless procrastination on my part. However...)
Re. the not offending the gods, Gen later says that he's come to think that each Thief had to go to the temple and take the Gift "only with the gods' approval" (216). So Gen is following, in that sense, a long tradition of Thieves who have the gods' permission to steal, strange as that sounds.
In fact--and this is a new, unedited and unreflected-on thought here--once Gen comes to believe in the gods, I don't think he ever really offends them. As we know from future books, the bad things that happen to him have very little to do with offending the gods and very much to do with their plans for him. Hmm...
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Date: 2/1/10 04:41 pm (UTC)Re. the not offending the gods, Gen later says that he's come to think that each Thief had to go to the temple and take the Gift "only with the gods' approval" (216). So Gen is following, in that sense, a long tradition of Thieves who have the gods' permission to steal, strange as that sounds.
In fact--and this is a new, unedited and unreflected-on thought here--once Gen comes to believe in the gods, I don't think he ever really offends them. As we know from future books, the bad things that happen to him have very little to do with offending the gods and very much to do with their plans for him. Hmm...