Hagen interrupted, "Sam is one of the church's leading authorities on ancient religions in Lovat. She also knows a great deal about active cults and sects operating in the territories. Most of these have to do with something in her studies or as an object lesson in one of her lectures."
I looked at the beautiful priestess that sat across from me with a deepening respect. "Why didn't you call her before?"
"Before? Before what, Wal? Before all this, you were just a guy who had walked into my shop and asked me to identify some patch. Before all this I had no idea who you were. You could have just been another one of the Children. Your face is all over the monochromes. I wanted to answer your questions and move on. Before all this, I didn't want anything to do with you."
"And now?" I asked.
