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Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

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These cherubs are often regarded as <strong>the</strong> most advanced on <strong>the</strong>ship, by those who had never <strong>in</strong>teracted with Desa or Kuthra.When convers<strong>in</strong>g about anyth<strong>in</strong>g connected to <strong>the</strong>ology,church doctr<strong>in</strong>e or ancient scripture, <strong>the</strong>y were asknowledgeable as any human be<strong>in</strong>g could be, and operated asif <strong>the</strong>y had a full understand<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>the</strong> subject matter. Theywere no better than any o<strong>the</strong>r cherub <strong>in</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r subjects, but<strong>the</strong>y weren't any worse ei<strong>the</strong>r."Hello, my name is Gabe and I'm here to rem<strong>in</strong>d you of<strong>the</strong> need for truthfulness." He immediately launched <strong>in</strong>to arecitation of many biblical passages exhort<strong>in</strong>g one to speak<strong>the</strong> truth to <strong>the</strong> master like 1 K<strong>in</strong>gs 22:16 and all those <strong>in</strong>Proverbs all <strong>the</strong> way to Zachariah 8:16, dozens of passages <strong>in</strong>all. Then he cited modern ref<strong>in</strong>ements of church teach<strong>in</strong>gs,tribal <strong>the</strong>ory and group sociology. Alan didn't engage him <strong>in</strong>debate. He studied <strong>the</strong> rendition, <strong>the</strong> acolyte's visual renditionwas not up to normal personification standards, as if it hadn'tbeen properly <strong>in</strong>stalled <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> scene. The voice was f<strong>in</strong>eexcept for position, he sounded a bit like a ventriloquist <strong>in</strong>that his voice seemed to come from a slightly differentlocation.Alan didn't know why he was be<strong>in</strong>g made to sit thru thislecture, he got <strong>in</strong> more trouble for honesty than ly<strong>in</strong>g. Theacolyte gave him a pretty sophisticated <strong>in</strong>terrogation on hispiety by describ<strong>in</strong>g some situations and watch<strong>in</strong>g his reaction.Aga<strong>in</strong> Alan wished he had a med panel that allowed him tokeep his hormones under control.100

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