In most other ways, the Order’s methods have been proven by time, so we adopt them gladly. We are still devoted to the ways of the Bright Father, after all.” I should have known what that would set off. “In what way,” Shiny asked suddenly, startling me in midswallow, “does attacking Itempas’s children serve Him?” Silence fell around the table. Mine was astonishment; so was Serymn’s. Dateh’s… That I could not read.
