"In the cultures I have encountered, such a view is rather unusual." How unusual too, talking to a little device in a cold and drafty home he had yet to truly weatherproof, as if he were a squatter hiding from the true owners. "To attempt to be greater than one is made to be would be seen as the darkest of hubris, and that worthy of terrible punishment. Singing praise and crafting only to honor one's deity is .... often held up as exactly what one should be doing."

Not that Lahabrea did such, or believed such. Zodiark would be terribly disappointed in His worshipers if they threw away their creativity and power, how else could He ever hope to expand His influence? "It may be that no modern explanation is the truth, merely what is decided to explain a hostile and ancient species. We too are often seen as demons and monsters, for we came first, and we are capable of things that terrify most mortals but are not beholden to their rules and laws and thus made 'safe'. Mayhap these firstborn spirits are similar."

He's not offering it with definitive certainty, merely venturing an idle curiosity - so far this is all interesting education, not something for him to be putting forth hypotheses to be tested.