"I've met a few in my time like that, yeah." Growing up christian, being, in some distant fashion, still christian, he'd met a person or two with that mentality. His mother said it sometimes, but she never seemed to have an idea. It just seemed to be a consolation, not permission.

"So," he said, drawing the syllable out, "did you get the memo?..."

Not that he was sure he wanted resurrect Xumurdad to be the header.