He doesn't have to keep complimenting her, because she would stay here and entertain him no matter what, but his words sink into her so she can savor them. After a moment, she nods and begins to speak.
"I'll tell you of Elgar'nan and Mythal -- our father god and mother goddess. Elgar'nan's father was the sun, who was jealous that all creatures of the world loved his son better, and so he reached down and burned them to ash. Elgar'nan defeated his father in battle, plunging the world into darkness. His mother, the earth, begged him to release his father so the world would have light again, but in his pride and need for vengeance, he refused, and the earth wept. And so Mythal rose out of the sea created by the earth's tears, and laid her hand upon Elgar'nan's brow, and her touch calmed him. He realized the world needed the sun, so he released his father on the promise he would return to earth each night. Together, Elgar'nan and Mythal rebuild all the sun had destroyed, and Mythal gathered together the pale light that surrounded the sun's bed in the earth and hung it up in the sky to become the moon."
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"I'll tell you of Elgar'nan and Mythal -- our father god and mother goddess. Elgar'nan's father was the sun, who was jealous that all creatures of the world loved his son better, and so he reached down and burned them to ash. Elgar'nan defeated his father in battle, plunging the world into darkness. His mother, the earth, begged him to release his father so the world would have light again, but in his pride and need for vengeance, he refused, and the earth wept. And so Mythal rose out of the sea created by the earth's tears, and laid her hand upon Elgar'nan's brow, and her touch calmed him. He realized the world needed the sun, so he released his father on the promise he would return to earth each night. Together, Elgar'nan and Mythal rebuild all the sun had destroyed, and Mythal gathered together the pale light that surrounded the sun's bed in the earth and hung it up in the sky to become the moon."