This thing happens once in awhile, but no matter, I am fine. Otherwise, if I wasn't, there would be dark clouds looming over head and the mortals will think that I have scorned them. It's not good for my image.

[Still, he takes a seat, taking out his smoking pipe and lights it up, smoke rising.]

[Laughs slightly then sighs, then slumps over, a melancholic air settling around him.]

My apologies, my lady, I do not know what is wrong with me today.

Ah, what a pure soul you are. The brilliance of this lotus before me blinds me so, how wonderful. How marvelous. You truly are an admirable goddess, my lady~! How lucky that I, Thunder Master, get to work with such a lovely being?

I'm not so good at coming up with a topic for conversation. How about this, you tell me any news about you recently and I'll tell you some of mine in return. Give and take! We can surely keep the conversation going on a much better track. What do you think~?

My lady, since you don't want me doing it then naturally I will stop. Do you think I'm so conceited that my words are empty?

[Gives her a pitiful look, then shakes his head lightly.]

No matter, this is all gloomy talk. We should talk something else, like the weather!

How your words really have a way at tugging at my heartstrings, my lady.

[Gives a lighthearted chuckle.]

If my lady, the Lightning Master, does not wish to see me speak of myself this way then I will stop.

Oh, my lady...such kind words, but how can you say so? I'm barely ever needed, and if I am, it is only so that I could count how many lanterns are up in the sky to rank which officials have most of them.

I do not even know why I am a god, I for one think I am in fact very useless. The feasts in the Heavenly Realm can be handled by someone else, and thunder isn't necessarily a major element compared to the rest of the natural elements. I am merely a sound, a warning for something even greater than I.