Some--the priests, especially--wanted to lash out at a fallen god. Some just did it for the novelty, so they could tell others and gain some minor notoriety in their circle of friends.
And some, he thought, no matter what reasons they gave, just did it because they wanted someone they could hurt with impunity. Who could complain if someone took a shot at the man who’d lost the Series for the Bio Threats...the man who’d become the equivalent of Satan himself in the eyes of the fans?
No one. Even if Thal’s torture chamber had been in the middle of Bio Threats Citydome Center for all to see instead of hidden away in a desert compound, none of his visitors would have been faulted for pummeling him.
He was meat.
"This is for betraying your flock," said the priest, hauling off and throwin
