Redemption means nothing when the ones who profess to do the judging have no understanding of value or morality or compassion. It’s not the humans who need to be forgiven, she should have said; the gods should beg her for forgiveness, which she would be happy to refuse them.

The world doesn’t need gods, but if humanity really insists on having someone to follow, then she will rise up to replace the tyrants who tortured her for all this time.