[ The goddess looks at van Zieks for a while, her eyebrows raising for a second before they lower and her simple perceiving turns into a stare. ]

You care about other people's opinions too much. If you believe that those "countless" people think you should die, then die. But you're not. You're right here, living. Ever so compliant with the law, but the people are not the law. So don't be compliant to them.