Juno Moneta's Links
Moneta’s Saints have always been her most intimate contacts with the earthly world, and Valerian is no different. She is fond of him, in the only way a creature like herself knows how to be fond of any mortal creature. Her affection comes at the price of unquestioned obedience. Valerian grants this dutifully, and it is for that reason that he is genuinely her favorite. She would perceive resistance from him in the same way that a swordsman would perceive betrayal coming from their own blade--a weapon does not have the right to turn on its own master.
A constant, perpetual occupant of Valerian’s own mind. He had always been a devoted follower, but ascending to sainthood amplified it tenfold. Moneta is privy to every thought he has and treats those thoughts as an open conversation that she is always invited to. Valerian finds comfort in knowing that the questions he asks of her will always have an answer and is blithely accepting of the annihilation of his privacy. She is the one place in life where he will give up control rather than demand it--and do so with a blind trust that only a zealot could have. In return for her favor, Moneta expects perfection. Valerian strives for this more earnestly than he does anything else in his life. He fears her disappointment not in the way that a supplicant does that of a wrathful god, but in the way a man does that of a lover.