“Opting out of the world doesn’t help anyone but yourself,” Elijah says, and there’s a real edge to his voice now. An edge sharp enough to cut. “What is the point of all this holiness if it doesn’t reach anyone else? What is the point of becoming good if that goodness begins and ends with you? If the only people ever touched by your goodness are the people who have the time or the bandwidth to make it inside your abbey walls?”
