Neutral Omens

Well, she was nice, so that was okay. Maybe she was a Faerie being. "Hermes," he said, a little shy. He was the god of wit, once, but it was hard to be witty when your hopes had been crushed and your people were all dead...and you were alone. "Guest register? This is a hostel for...?" he stopped, not wanting to offend her. "For otherworldly...out--um, beings, like us?" he ventured. Outcasts might have been a bad word to use, so he'd changed his mind halfway through.