For Lance, that idea is just kind of sad and creepy, but then again how is it all that different from his current situation? Sure, he existed, but he probably doesn't any longer; things will go on without him, and in a hundred years he might as well have never--

He pulls himself from this thoughts, focusing on responding to what Carlisle said instead of thinking about it. "That'd be... Strange." That's a good word, right? No, it's terrible, but he doesn't want to say 'unsettling' instead.

"What do you mean by false deities?" Obviously he's referring the gods, but it's an interesting way of putting it.