The String on a Bookmark That Spent a Hundred Years Between the Pages of a Book

"I'm back."

"Welcome back... Had you gone somewhere?"

"I went to visit the god in charge of Master Red Salmon."

"You need to be a little more aware that you're someone waiting to be reincarnated into another world."

"I learned all sorts of things about the gods who arrange reincarnations. It's important to learn how to benefit the gods who reincarnate us, too, right?"

"I didn't say you needed to be that aware. Just remember that you're in a position to start your life over."

"It was fascinating to hear how gods grow more powerful the more they influence one another."

"Well, yes. Gods who can't create worlds secure high-quality human souls and have them reincarnated into other worlds to build connections with Creators. It's easier than creating a world, but it's still a lot of work, so Creators looking for people from other worlds are in demand."

"Wouldn't a Creator who's particular about things choose their own reincarnators?"

"Some gods do that. But as I said, it's a lot of work. You have to build a system for collecting human souls from scratch for every world."...