"Eeeek!"
Because of my deep thoughts I was so startled that I spilled the tea all over myself and the floor, narrowly avoiding pouring it all over my table and the papers there.
"Damn it…" I bemoaned, looking at my wet clothes and the puddle of tea on the floor. In it I saw a familiar bird head staring at me. "Mister Dalmanrach, why are you always in my tea? Can't you appear somewhere else? With slightly more warning, if possible."
To say that I didn't expect to see the God of Dodos again was an understatement. I'd forget about his existence entirely if he didn't become an official part of the new human pantheon (and if we didn't use dodos for their immunizing blood).
"I thought seeing gods in smoke, reflections and other similar places were what humans are most used to. I can appear in other ways, of course, but my time here is limited—let's not waste it on such trivialities today, Nectus. I have something to show you."
