Exactly. Like I said, if we're feeding 'em anyway...
[he shrugs, looks at ronan, and then shrugs again, more contemplative this time.]
I think it doesn't matter, cause they're sure as fuck bigger than we are. In the spiritual sense, I mean. Personally I prefer the one big guy in the sky deal, but the universe is a strange and complicated place and we aren't in Kansas anymore, Dorothy. Sure as hell not gonna worship 'em, but they're calling the shots.
You've gotta admit that they kinda suck at the god thing, though. Pretty clear they have no idea what to do with humans.
[Ronan snorts a little in half-repressed laughter, because it's true.]
That's about what I figure.
[He glances up toward the cave ceiling, his lips pursed thoughtfully. Quietly, not like it means anything, not like it's in anyway significant, he murmurs-] -I'm Catholic.
Mm. Technically that's my flavor too, but I was basically born uh, what's the word--lapsed. Don't even know who my dad is, so that's points against me right from the beginning. I figure I don't need more people telling me my sins. Life seems to work out consequences for my fuckups on its own, and I'll wait to answer to the big cheese Himself when I finally kick it.
Then you're not. There's no 'technically' about it.
[Unfortunately, Ronan doesn't seem very impressed- but it's not really something worth getting angry about so he just shrugs and glances back toward Fear's temple.]
I miss- [-he misses Matthew, and the way Noah would come out for it, and sometimes he even misses Declan. He misses the direction, the surety. He misses the strangely-comforting act of praying with the knowledge that Adam was somewhere above him, doing his best to be quiet for the service. He misses a lot of things.] - knowing what's there and what isn't. Nothing is for sure here.
If you say so. I like to think that if God created all sorts of sinners and other shit that never made the Good Book, he's going to be a little more forgiving of us weirdos who do our believing on our own time.
[he nods, though. peter's definition of 'real' was very flexible, but it had still lost most of its grounding in this new world. so many new things were real, and so many things he'd taken for granted had lost their firm footing. oddly, god wasn't one of them.]
God is still there. Somewhere. I mean, that's sorta God's deal, being everywhere, keeping an eye on us.
[Ronan does not sound interested, nor is he particularly inclined to accept any preaching from someone like Peter. He takes another drink and pulls a face at the taste.]
I was talking about this shit. These jerkoffs around here. [He shrugs, making a motion back toward the temple behind them.]
[thing is, peter doesn't sound preachy. he's just offering an opinion, not like it's any better or worse than ronan's. god's a complicated thing, after all, a surprisingly personal thing considering all the religion that goes on in the world.]
I guess that depends on where you set your bar for 'real'. They do like keeping us on our toes.
[Idly, and Ronan shrugs. He's the type of person to make snap judgments of people upon meeting them, and making him forego those judgments is more difficult than it should be. Not an easy person to befriend.]
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[he shrugs, looks at ronan, and then shrugs again, more contemplative this time.]
I think it doesn't matter, cause they're sure as fuck bigger than we are. In the spiritual sense, I mean. Personally I prefer the one big guy in the sky deal, but the universe is a strange and complicated place and we aren't in Kansas anymore, Dorothy. Sure as hell not gonna worship 'em, but they're calling the shots.
You've gotta admit that they kinda suck at the god thing, though. Pretty clear they have no idea what to do with humans.
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That's about what I figure.
[He glances up toward the cave ceiling, his lips pursed thoughtfully. Quietly, not like it means anything, not like it's in anyway significant, he murmurs-] -I'm Catholic.
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You miss it? Church and stuff?
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[Unfortunately, Ronan doesn't seem very impressed- but it's not really something worth getting angry about so he just shrugs and glances back toward Fear's temple.]
I miss- [-he misses Matthew, and the way Noah would come out for it, and sometimes he even misses Declan. He misses the direction, the surety. He misses the strangely-comforting act of praying with the knowledge that Adam was somewhere above him, doing his best to be quiet for the service. He misses a lot of things.] - knowing what's there and what isn't. Nothing is for sure here.
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[he nods, though. peter's definition of 'real' was very flexible, but it had still lost most of its grounding in this new world. so many new things were real, and so many things he'd taken for granted had lost their firm footing. oddly, god wasn't one of them.]
God is still there. Somewhere. I mean, that's sorta God's deal, being everywhere, keeping an eye on us.
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[Ronan does not sound interested, nor is he particularly inclined to accept any preaching from someone like Peter. He takes another drink and pulls a face at the taste.]
I was talking about this shit. These jerkoffs around here. [He shrugs, making a motion back toward the temple behind them.]
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I guess that depends on where you set your bar for 'real'. They do like keeping us on our toes.
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[He echoes before shrugging halfheartedly, taking another drink and scuffing his shoe on the temple steps.]
Any other words of wisdom?
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Words of wisdom. Shee-it. You think I'm one of those types?
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[Idly, and Ronan shrugs. He's the type of person to make snap judgments of people upon meeting them, and making him forego those judgments is more difficult than it should be. Not an easy person to befriend.]
You saying you're not?
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[peter drags on his cigarette and shrugs. it's hard to pin down what ronan wants from him.]
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[Peter invited him out here- as far as he's concerned, Ronan is here for booze and maybe getting to know someone who was useful in a pinch.
For now though, he focuses on the liquor aspect of all this and takes another drink from the bottle.]