Out of all the people present, Jeremiah was the youngest in the room. Yet for some reason, his direct involvement in the church held a powerful sway in the household that was capable of muzzling Father and Mother—naturally, I was pushed to the very end of the hierarchy. “Of course not, son. But the people will talk—” “Then let them. Their words mean little in the grand scheme of things. Oxular grants us his great eye so that we may be seen, what may be heard is of no consequence.”
