Here's where she'd like to say oh, I travel or oh, I live on Midgard and do what I can. But no. Shiala's shared so much, it would be rude to clamp down now. Even if her duty makes her feel terribly self-conscious. Still, she can't quite help the sheepish smile that spreads across her face.

Giving an authoritative position to someone made uncomfortable, in life, by authority must have made the universe cackle. Or perhaps just the Norn.

"I'm a general," she explains. "It's my duty to look after and protect Midgard, and any other Realms that require my assistance."