Because! Because my cleric serves her. [Because Celia's wisdom modifier isn't +0 unlike SOME ISHAQS, and he really could have used her council.] She serves Takara. The Lady of the Lasting Embrace. [He took a deep breath, held it. Exhaled.] Mistress of the Current. Lady of the River's End. Mortal heart in one hand, feather in the other -- would this mean anything to you?

[Surely the superlatives, surely her names would spark recognition. If this Takara was some measure of his own.]

She's a death goddess.

She is my death goddess.