[What does a randomly-assigned tattoo have to do with deities? There's no proof they have anything to do with any deities! Just because some people like to claim they are doesn't mean that's where the tattoos come from!]

None. Well, no one sapient or sentient.

[A pause.]

At least not in the usual manner the words might be used. There were insects and small creatures, but they displayed no more than typical intelligence.

Some of the... ah, plants, however...