[ That... wasn't quite the response she was expecting! Really, she's not entirely sure what she was expecting to hear - she knows there are women in her country who will devote their whole beings to God and she's sat through her share of sermons attended with her family, but she's never met someone who's such an enthusiastic believer before. ]

What a powerful deity to rule over something like time... it's hard to imagine.

[ A deity hopefully powerful enough to actually make some headway towards saving them. Or uh, maybe not, given that I am writing this tag with Sunday hindsight. ]

Have you had any luck in being able to speak with them?

[ That's how prayer works, right? You're just buzzing God on the telephone. ]