A wise decision! It wasn't worth all the effort anyway. Just a curiosity.
[Young and drunk is probably one of the most succinct and accurate descriptions of state of his army then. They wouldn't do half of the stupid things - glorious, yes, but sometimes incredibly stupid - they did were they sufficiently sober and mature to comprehend what the hell are they're doing. Or why. Not that Iskandar would ever hesitate. No matter how sober he was. Or any of his generals for that matter. They were all bunch of morons. Save maybe for Ptolemy. And Eumenes. But only them. The common sense minority suffering from perpetual, stress-induced headache. Still they too were swayed by his vision and played a part in his follies. Idiots they may have been but they were his idiots. And they achieved some of the grandest deeds in history together.]
One would think they would at least buy us a drink or treat us to dinner, for all the help they are getting. Clearly they think we have no need of such things!
[He is joking. He knows very well that even if any of the poor, overworked staff of the museum could spare a moment to ponder such a frivolous topic... Even if, they would be perfectly right expressing such an opinion. Technically, neither gods nor shinki explicitly have to drink, eat or sleep to sustain themselves. All those things certainly do a lot to improve their condition and general well-being but they are far from necessity. Meanwhile the people here push through on sheer grit, dread and panic, not eating or sleeping properly themselves. Thus expecting they would extend full hospitality to their supernatural helpers would not only be simply asking too much but downright insulting and cruel. And Iskandar is not that kind of monster. Their management might be imbeciles but the staff deserves none of the scorn.]
In truth though, I wonder if we'll be able to find any establishment that would still be open. It's already quite late.
[That would be the least of their problems. Ordinary mortals usually ignore gods and shinki. They are not invisible, far from it. People's eyes just glaze over them. There are many occasions where it is beneficial. Trying to order meal and drink in an izakaya is not such an occasion. One needs to put in some real hard work to keep the mortal's attention. There are, of course, those who are more sensitive to the supernatural. They're the one that require less effort. Still they are few. It's one of the things that irritates Iskandar immensely about being a god. It shouldn't be that way! How can you ignore a god and not fear his wrath?! Still none of the mortals do it intentionally. It just seems as if they have great difficulty in maintaining focus while in presence of god or a shinki.
Yet this is all future's worry. For now his quite comfortable where he is.]
Hmpf! Right now, I could be called patience itself.
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[Young and drunk is probably one of the most succinct and accurate descriptions of state of his army then. They wouldn't do half of the stupid things - glorious, yes, but sometimes incredibly stupid - they did were they sufficiently sober and mature to comprehend what the hell are they're doing. Or why.
Not that Iskandar would ever hesitate. No matter how sober he was. Or any of his generals for that matter. They were all bunch of morons. Save maybe for Ptolemy. And Eumenes. But only them. The common sense minority suffering from perpetual, stress-induced headache. Still they too were swayed by his vision and played a part in his follies. Idiots they may have been but they were his idiots. And they achieved some of the grandest deeds in history together.]
One would think they would at least buy us a drink or treat us to dinner, for all the help they are getting. Clearly they think we have no need of such things!
[He is joking. He knows very well that even if any of the poor, overworked staff of the museum could spare a moment to ponder such a frivolous topic... Even if, they would be perfectly right expressing such an opinion. Technically, neither gods nor shinki explicitly have to drink, eat or sleep to sustain themselves. All those things certainly do a lot to improve their condition and general well-being but they are far from necessity.
Meanwhile the people here push through on sheer grit, dread and panic, not eating or sleeping properly themselves. Thus expecting they would extend full hospitality to their supernatural helpers would not only be simply asking too much but downright insulting and cruel. And Iskandar is not that kind of monster. Their management might be imbeciles but the staff deserves none of the scorn.]
In truth though, I wonder if we'll be able to find any establishment that would still be open. It's already quite late.
[That would be the least of their problems. Ordinary mortals usually ignore gods and shinki. They are not invisible, far from it. People's eyes just glaze over them. There are many occasions where it is beneficial. Trying to order meal and drink in an izakaya is not such an occasion. One needs to put in some real hard work to keep the mortal's attention. There are, of course, those who are more sensitive to the supernatural. They're the one that require less effort. Still they are few.
It's one of the things that irritates Iskandar immensely about being a god. It shouldn't be that way! How can you ignore a god and not fear his wrath?! Still none of the mortals do it intentionally. It just seems as if they have great difficulty in maintaining focus while in presence of god or a shinki.
Yet this is all future's worry. For now his quite comfortable where he is.]
Hmpf! Right now, I could be called patience itself.