As Laurent learns from asha and vice versa, he realizes maybe the gods aren’t as good as he thinks they are. Everyone has imperfections, and the gods aree pretty flawed, even when seeming to be perfect. And his father, pure goodness, is just a mistake of the elder gods. The gods are always stressed and lots of them are leading, even if they have been alive for centuries. Also, his family may seem calm, but really, since he and his nonbinary sibling came along form the gods above, it’s been chaos, because money can’t fix everything. And he wasn’t always perfect. He has his flaws and secrets. And his lies and difference in personality depending on who he’s around. (Ps, Asha is the other character in this book, and check out my writing called perfectionism for more on Laurent)