"Greetings, Your Eminence, may the All-Father bless you with good health." Facing the religious leader of the Victor Empire, even Perfikot maintained the necessary politeness and respect.
However, the Patriarch did not seem inclined to put on airs in front of Perfikot, not even extending his ring for her to kiss, but instead reciprocated with a very friendly attitude, "May the All-Father also protect you, my child."
Typically, kissing the ring is a customary gesture when believers meet this Patriarch, and usually, only then do nobles have the honor to kiss his ring, whereas ordinary believers do not even have the chance to meet this Patriarch, and if they do, they can only kneel to kiss the hem of his robe in reverence to the All-Father's worldly representative.
Of course, these ceremonies are religious formalities for official occasions and are not so strictly required in informal settings.
