When Raven heard Dinas' words his whole body tensed up before he relaxed again. However, from the way how his fingers were clenched into tight fists, it was pretty much obvious that he was far from being calm.
Every Realm Gate was a bridge, a portal into another world where everything they encountered was real beings?
That faceless creature he ran away from, the enormous snakes he has just killed, and the rest of the beasts other humans encountered... Those were not just a part of a sort of simulation nor an illusion, but were actual living beings?
Although Raven somewhat expected this to be the truth, it was hard to accept it when a 'deity' confirmed his beliefs.
After all, believing in something or at least having a rough guess about it and getting told the truth by a higher existence were two completely different things.