Deva vs gods

I am in so much trouble. “Are you a demon?”
“Our kind have many names. We use ‘deva’ most often.”
“There are more like you? Other monsters?”
She shook her head. “Few monsters remain. When the old world fell away, the deva who were too chaotic to pass as mortals were deemed monsters and banished from all the cities and nations of the realm. Deva who could pass for mortal became gods and blended in; most older monsters left Earth or fell asleep.”
“That’s it?” Naomi asked, shaking her head. “Your eyes glow and that makes you a monster? And otherwise you’d be a god?”
“I’m a monster and my eyes glow because my power is chaotic. I can only live in these lands because your people invited me. My banishment subjects me to your laws. If not for that curse, yes, I’d be a goddess.”


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