Nope, not testing it the way Chris Evans's Human Torch had. I'd be much smarter than to jump off one of the pathways and just pray it worked on my way down. Who knows what I'd have to do, but I wasn't about to just put my life on a coin toss like that.

"So, um... how common are these boons?" I asked.

"Well," Diamiutar began, "We have records of them in legends..."

I blinked.

"So, they are about as common as a summons being successfully called," Tavorwen admitted.

"What do you mean?" I demanded. "Why wouldn't your gods give these gifts more often? What possible reason could they have...