Shadow chuckled.

"I wouldn't worry about it," he reassured her. "Unless it's your birthday too..."

Did gods even have birthdays? Shadow wasn't sure how practical that would be if one lived for so long, and anyway for many of them "birth" was probably a gradual thing rather than a defining moment when they were suddenly believed in.

"I'm sorry for running off the other day," he added, refering to the way he had ignored Bast when she had caught him in his altercation with Loki. "I uh, had a lot to deal with just then."