// Update the god's opinion of the player

    // Update the god's opinion of the player.

                // Dampen oscillation across announcement boundaries:

                // Dampen oscillation across announcement boundaries.

            // ... but he gets bored... (I re-use gift_timeout for
            // this instead of making a separate field because I don't
            // want to learn how to save and restore a new field). In
            // this usage, the "gift" is the gift you give to Xom of

            // ...but he gets bored... (I re-use gift_timeout for this
            // instead of making a separate field because I don't want
            // to learn how to save and restore a new field).  In this
            // usage, the "gift" is the gift you give to Xom of