Some of the fanfic guys have had creative answers to this... My personal favorite (can't remember who wrote it) was "So you go around granting wishes to people in trouble? I wish I had a job like that."
It was actually a great SI fic (they're either great or awful, no in between... some are both great and awful {Trial by Tribulation}). Brent Handy did a good job, until he started trying to do cross-overs with ever anime he had ever seen. Sheesh!
On a serious note... There's a theory that states that the best possible outcome of a mortal having a conversation with a diety is for the mortal to be killed by the diety at the end of the discussion. It removes all possibility of the mortal misunderstanding or ignoring the advice of the diety, and puts their entire life in the category of "service to a god."
Larry
And knowing Urd... well, maybe "Le petit morte" falls under that theory too...
20-Feb-2005