"Thank you." He nods in greeting, his stance formal, his tone very business-like. He feels he might as well speak to these people as though he were already in audience with a deity -- no one knows when they are being watched, after all. "I'm a new arrival, but I understand that to commune with the gods in this city one should consult with the local temples." Some mild hesitation. "...And I'm at something of a loss. I've never done it this way before, and I'm not normally in the way of approaching new gods. As Shada looks on practitioners of magic, she seemed the most logical place to start."