"Are they soul-reaping messengers from the netherworld?"
"Soul-reaping messengers aren't nearly as busy as them. They have to rack their brains trying to plot out deaths for bad people, and if one doesn't work out, they have to hurry and think of the next one to follow up. Ordinary people... oh, I mean, ordinary gods couldn't possibly do this kind of work."
"It's too terrifying. The mere thought that our manner of death was pre-set by the immortals in heaven makes me a bit uneasy."
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