[The question both pleases and annoys Apollo. A non-believer did not have the stupidity of attributing coincidences and natural phenomenon to the gods, yet they, too, possess preconceived notions of what is divine.]

Gods exist regardless of what you believe. We're not so limited as to be reliant on human attention in order to exist.

[What, indeed, will Luca sense? Apollo is the sun. A god who recalls not his birth, but is assured of his existence regardless of purpose. He is one who cannot lie even to shield himself from disagreeable realities, nor does he want to.

Apollo's confidence is not easily shaken.

On the other hand, active intervention is rarely his role. The gods, after all, prefer to watch humans struggle, and it is not their role to instill meaning.

What, then, is the meaning of willpower?]