This is the theme for another character very integral to the story, whose whereabouts first become known late in the second season.

She's a young-yet-curmudgeonly priestess who serves The Creator, and largely discounts the 'gods' as anything more than a different type of person who happens to live for a long time. At the ripe old age of 22 (which is like 4,000 by JRPG standards,) she leads her shamanistic people on the path toward enlightenment. Along with them, she keeps the world's magic in order, while the gods continue to abuse it.

The reverence with which she is treated makes her bitter. She' also is completely shocked to the point of being offended when someone doesn't understand the magic works, or the way the gods work.

Also, she's a staff-user who actually uses her staff to bash people's skulls in. Who knew!?