It's wild to me that Occtis being willing to resurrect a deity wasn't called out more, because that switches him into villain status for me. Like, at least Vaelus has the excuse of potentially being brainwashed since birth and grieving heavily. Occtis is doing it out of what? Professional curiosity? These gods enslaved people!
He was a character I was really obsessed with, but idk now. The only way I can see getting past this is if it's treated as a redemption arc by the story- something he definitely needs to correct himself about.
my guess is that Occitis is the type to not even consider would, without the could having been answered. It’s not something he has ever thought of before, so he just said could.














