"No," Abby says, and she sounds a little annoyed as she summarily ditches the gauze rolls, "No, they're massive hypocrites, actually."

Case in point: the elevators they took to get up here! That is definitely modern technology, Lev! She can hear his little voice in her ear, telling her otherwise, in that calm, steady tone, the one that indicates he thinks she's being really weird.

She's picking through more glass for anything else, and her sarcasm is suddenly thick. "Basically if you're high up enough it's totally fine for you to use whatever you want! Because the Prophet said so, and what she says goes. No point arguing or trying to understand it!"