Sheโs jackknifed in the water, stooping to wash some unmentionable places before popping her head up again, thoughtful.
โI donโt really think of it as religious,โ Astrid says. Chewing over it. Sheโs not pensive or philosophical by nature, but something about this topic catches like a burr on a coat. โI mean, not like Reverend Mothers out there singing the Chant of Light and calling everyone to the Chantry. Not like needing to go listen to a sermon for Wintersend or memorise some poetry about the Maker or whatever. Who gives a shit.โ
Okay, that part was profane.
โI just mean, I think you can have a relationship with the forces out in the world and beneath your feet and in the air you breathe without some jackass in a robe needing to tell you about it.โ
If she had the vocabulary for this, sheโd say itโs the difference between religion and spiritualism.
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โI donโt really think of it as religious,โ Astrid says. Chewing over it. Sheโs not pensive or philosophical by nature, but something about this topic catches like a burr on a coat. โI mean, not like Reverend Mothers out there singing the Chant of Light and calling everyone to the Chantry. Not like needing to go listen to a sermon for Wintersend or memorise some poetry about the Maker or whatever. Who gives a shit.โ
Okay, that part was profane.
โI just mean, I think you can have a relationship with the forces out in the world and beneath your feet and in the air you breathe without some jackass in a robe needing to tell you about it.โ
If she had the vocabulary for this, sheโd say itโs the difference between religion and spiritualism.