God, show some demiurge pride, man.
Not sure many people are going to find that sentence as funny as I do. But, yeah, there’s nothing wrong with being a demiurge, if that is what you are. Some people are blue-eyed, some people are gay and some people are demiurges. Some people might be all three. I guess. Don’t be ashamed of what you are. God made you a demiur…oh, wait, that’s more complicated…
Anyway, Maru-maru might be on to something…everyone on the team has probably heard of the Holy Grail, but that doesn’t mean they all would accept its actual existence just like that. Mopey was born a cynic, Snuka was a cynic by age five, and the rest of the gang became cynics before the end of chapter four at the latest (excluding K’ip), just based on how those chapters had treated them (and reality).
Receiving the quest as a personal mission from the lord himself, even if its just a demiurge, could lend some valuable reinforcement to the idea that it’s all worth their while. It worked for Arthur! Admittedly, Arthur was from an age without TV, movies or cellphones, so he was probably kinda starved for entertainment. But it might still work, even today.
And, yeah…what Maru-maru does in panel two isn’t the proper way to call upon the lord, but he didn’t really pay much attention in religion class, back when he didn’t attend school in 16th century Japan. And as long as it works…
More on Monday.