“There was a politician. He was running for the state senate, I think. He won. He was a Jarret supporter. He was making a speech in Arcata when I was up there, and he was listing devil-worshiping cults. He named Earthseed as one of them. I’d never heard of it, but I remember because he was going on about how the name actually referred to the devil, the seed deep in the earth and growing like a poisonous fungus to spread its evil to more and more people.” “Oh, Marc….” “I didn’t make it up. He really said that.” I drew a deep breath. “We don’t worship the devil. In fact, we don’t worship anyone.
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