Making a determined effort to stay calm (it wasn't that difficult anymore, now that the situation was a bit less dire), Chronos stood his ground as Kiryu advanced on him, looking at him with a stare that at least spoke of acknowledgment. He crossed his arms.

"I know she isn't, oh yes, I know that. Goodness, I'm not an idiot. I have yet to witness the real work of God in action." With a note of bitterness; he'd been taken just before he would have. He would have known everything. But that — that was a matter for a different day and different people.

"And that's the difference between Gods and false Gods. Gods listen. And they choose not to interfere. She listens, ignores, and interferes. And this?" He gestured around them. "Don't you think if this could work, someone would have tried it? Months ago?"