Well, at least this Chantry place seemed to have a little more sense when it came to figuring out when they'd been abandoned.

"People still pray to God like he's going to listen. I guess that's riled a lot of 'em up, not getting any of their prayers answered." He's still not sure what to think. Heaven exists, angels exist...who was to say God didn't still exist somewhere, eternally eavesdropping on his little creatures?

He nods at Alistair's last question, though, and leans his head back. "Lord, yes. Think it's got something to do with people not wanting to admit that there are actually things that go bump in the night that they should be afraid of. Getting supplies seemed like it was always getting harder and harder, even in the not-so-legal sorts of ways." Credit card fraud was kind of a given in their line of work.