[You should take it as that,] he said, still smiling. [I'm still trying to work out what I must have done to gain such favor.] From his Gods, of course, although the argument could be made that he was talking about her as well.
He looked round to where Sookie was indicating, and squinted to try and see it better. [I have never climbed a mountain before. Not one like that, anyway. Let's go.]