That is... not how I would expect anything to work, but I suppose I have no cause to doubt him either.

[ It sounds absurd, but so many things here do. And he knows the things he says probably sound absurd, too. ]

But yes—commercial gods. They are tame and useful and everywhere.

[ And his tone implies both that he knows this sounds a little absurd, and that he does not hold any particular respect for them. Though perhaps it's what they all deserve, in retrospect. ]