Naomi first time in a long time was feeling at peace. She felt like she was in a grassy meadow, there were chirping birds too, flowers in full bloom and gentle summer breeze. In the background there was also a clear sound of hammer hitting anvil, sizzling water when someone put hot iron in the bucket, and the work of bellows under the furnace. Naomi really doesn't want to open her eyes, and stop her best dream ever. She gives up on everything so maybe she gives up on living and dreams until everything fades away.

-hey little one. Can you open your eyes?-Naomi heard a gentle female voice.

She knows that this dream can’t last too long, it was too good. Reluctantly opened her eyes, and got stunned. She really was in a grassy meadow and there was smithy. And not the small one, there were even beautiful horse waiting for new horseshoes. There were also people. Tall female with gentle smile and green long dress and even sparrow on her shoulder. She looks like some depictions of Gaia, goddess of life worshiped by neo pagans and wiccans. And there was a man big, muscular with soot on his face and in full smith gear.

-ach, there she is-man smiles.

Naomi tries to stand but she realizes she doesn't have a body.

-I died. yes?

-sorry my dear, but yes-female responded with genuine sadness in her voice.

-can I stay here?

-Why do you won’t stay here?

-this meadow is beautiful and makes me feel relaxed. And there is smithy. I don't have a body anymore but if I'm allowed to watch your work sir, I will be very happy.

-you know about smithing?-ask men

-only a little. I was on a two weeks long course on which instructors with knowledge about history teach about smithing. On the last day I was allowed to make my own horseshoe. Well i did it and it was looking like a horseshoe but it definitely will hurt the horse if anyone tries to fit it.

-history?-the man ask

-I think we forgot to introduce ourselves. So I will start-said the woman-i’m The Lady. I'm the goddess of life in general. I especially taking care of everything what is happening in spring.

-and I'm The Smith, god of smiths, crafters and ancestor god of dwarfs.

-hello mam, and sir. I'm Naomi. in my past life I was a girl full of regrets and unfulfilled passions. I'm a failure-Naomi said with a breaking voice.

-you're not-The Smith disagrees with her-you maybe failed in the end, but we both see how bright and strong your soul is, and that means that you keep trying and don’t abandon your passions until the end.

-my soul?

-yes. Maybe some basic knowledge about that will help. through your life your soul grows and changes. When someone gives up every time he faces some challenge his soul dims and whiter. And when someone like you keeps trying, doesn't give up, his soul grows and gets brighter. The second thing is when someone dies, his soul ends in the ocean of souls, where they wait to be reborn-continued goddess-universes are like islands in this ocean. Most souls are reborn in the same universe where they were born. They just stay near things they know and like. Others like you venture or drift away usually because they were hurt and they are looking for a better place to live. All of that happens without anyone intervention

-well usually-said god-we gods can have a look there and if we see some interesting soul, like yours, we can invite it to talk.

-you wont something from me-Naomi try to step back, but without body she can’t move

-oh now. Not that kind of talk. You scared her-goddess scolded her companion.

-ach sorry. I mean friendly talk or business talk.

-business? with me?-Naomi was surprised.

-yes, we have a proposition for you-said god.

-and you are invited to live in our world regardless of your decision-goddess added.

-exactly. Your bright soul has the potential to inspire people of our world. Oh i know wait the moment i bring the globus and show Theneye-and he runs to one of the buildings.

-don’t be scared of him. Maybe he is rough, but he has a heart of gold. His wife is still in love with him after all those thousands of years of marriage.

-marry? thousands of years?-Naomi was in shock by the fact that he is indeed married and for how long.

-oh yeh. goddess Iliana, goddess of arts. They are such a good fit for each other. He likes creating mundane practical things, and she loves beautiful one, not necessarily useful things.

-but things can be practical and beautiful-Naomi retorted-sorry.

-don’t be. And it’s not a secret. They always work and help each other and, thanks to that, their love for each other gets stronger with time.

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-i have it!-Naomi heard a joyful cry. God was bringing an enormous globus that had 1 meter diameter and with legs it was 1.5 meters tall. Mountains, valleys and seas are not only painted but also carved. Names of places was calligraphed, and Naomi was almost certain that with magnifying glass she will find many fine details.

-beautiful-Naomi said seeing it-and i’m sorry for being scared. I'm bad with people.

-don’t worry. My wife always scolds me that I sometimes scare people-he laughs.

-i think you need body-goddess said-but i’m concerned it will be cruel for you.

-why?

-well it will be a temporary body. but if you accept our offer you can keep it. We can even modify it if you feel that some changes are needed.

-but if i don’t i don’t-Naomi sight.

-sorry. rules and all of that. we can only guarantee your race and gender-said god.

-I think I will risk it. Even if it will be a short moment, I want to see myself as I always dream.

-ok. close your eyes and imagine yourself. Try to focus on how hard you can. But don’t worry, we can fix it if something won't be right.

Naomi closed her eyes and a warm feeling surrounded her and she started remembering her perfect self.

-I think we are ready. You can open your eyes-Naomi heard after a few moments. Before her stands a full high mirror. It takes a few very long moments until she starts to understand what she sees. Her face was delicate and girlie. Her hands and her body was petite , at least one foot shorter than 6 feet 4 inches high monstrosity full of muscles. She can wear dresses, heck she is wearing sundress right now.

-thank you-Naomi said after a long moment-i promise to seriously consider your proposition. Even if i feel not worthy to be part of some divine plans.

-don’t worry. It’s nothing that big-said god-anyway this is Theneya. Like you see we have 3 continents. The smallest one in the south is called Auos. Most cities are on the coast but in the center of this continent under mountains are 3 dwarven kingdoms too. Humans and elves obviously are two main races. There are others like halflings or beastmen too. All of them are great sailors. second continent and the biggest one is called Gina. its stretch from almost half the distance between equator and south pole to far north. and its width is also similar. There are a lot of woods, plains, mountains, and rivers. Anyone can find a place to live. Well maybe apart from the Great Ul-hiram Desert in the center. There are some tribes that roam through the sand, but no cities or even villages. and there is a third continent in the north. Frozen and unsuitable for habitation. Home of twisted gods, orcs, goblins and other evil creations. They try to conquer other continents by sea or land.

-I see that you have a question. Ask, don’t be afraid-speak goddess.

-it could be a very rude question-Naomi started-but by twisted and evil you mean they really want to kill and destroy everyone, or just that they have different views on all the important things. Like people sometimes can’t agree which government is the better king or some kind council or parliament.

-that it is indeed a bold question. I like her-laugh god.

-yes. and i’m afraid it’s the first option. Oh you don't know how i wish that someday we can stop all this killing and destruction.

-Well first you need to find a way to communicate with them. You see a young one. We call them gods, because they have similar power as us, and they exist because someone worships them. But they are mindless, twisted beasts. nobody is safe near them, even those who serve them-explain god.

-so like lord of the rings-Naomi sight.

-lord of the rings?-asked goddess

-oh it's a fictional story from my world, one of the greatest. There too were dark powers seeking to twist and destroy everything.

-in your world they don’t exist?

-In my world there are only humans. And some people are saying that we can be so cruel to each other that all evil runs away scared.

-that's terrible. No wonder you are so scared.

-I had it bad, but not that bad. Don’t take me wrong, people from my world can be very selfless and caring too. I really can say what is worse, some eldritch horrors or some mad politician who thinks that can decide about everyone's lives.

-I'm afraid that we gods cannot help you with your rulers.

-why?

-it’s like with kids and parents. What will happen when parents help with everything?

-kid grow up as spoiled lazy brat-Naomi sight-sorry.

-I like her more and more-laugh god.

-well i wouldn’t use exact words, but yes-goddess smile too.

-and that is a good moment for you to tell us a few words about yourself, young one. For example you said that you learn about smithing as something almost forgotten-ask god

-well another big difference between my world and yours is the lack of magic, or at least no one knows how to use it. We learn through thousands of years how to observe nature and learn its secrets. We call it science. We have physics that explains thunder or gravity. We have chemistry which tells us about matter and its properties, thanks to that we can predict what we need to create new substances. Biology tells us how living things works. Obviously this is tightly connected to medicine. Mathematics that allows sometimes even predicts the future. And my passion, engineering. Well part of it. Knowledge about machines. because in my world we use machines for everything. They become so complicated, that we need other machines to create machines we use on a daily basis.

-and you know all of that-gasp goddess.

-no-Naomi smiled-no one knows all of that. But we have the internet. It's a kind of library. We have this device which we call a smartphone. In the past they were used to just talking to other people who are far away, like a city, or continent. Now they allow us to have access to this internet almost everywhere in our world. My passion, like I said , was engineering. I especially love clocks and everything with gears. Our modern machines practically stop using them. And old machines were created by someone with basic tools whit just someone imagination

-ha i know it! You are just like me-laugh god-you love to create thighs, especially if you can do it by hand and personally.

-well, I built a couple, by myself. But i use some machines to draw drawings of parts and see if everything fits.

-nah detail. Everyone uses whot he or she had, some have paper, you have machines, I have light-he presented holographic schematic of sword, with lots of floating notes about different parts-and some had path of sand and stick. None of these things can create anything for you. all those notes i placed personally-he pointed out on hologram-or your machine can do that?

-no they can't.

-and that means you are like us. You are the creator. Even our goddess here sometimes nudges things here and there to see what happens.

-well, yes-goddess was a little embarrassed- stagnation is bad for living things. One unexpected storm or wildfire can wipe out many living creatures. If through my nudging some run away or survive life will go on.

-and now we go to our proposition.