The Shadow turns his mug slowly in both hands, thoughtful. Through the walls Metody may detect other residents, moving about their daily private lives in the assumption that their neighbour is a retired investment banker.
"I don't know about that... we may have gods. The people I learned from later in life had faith in a wide pantheon. It would be hard to dispute it with them, their belief was so strong. It's very different from what I was raised with..." He hesitates there. "I try to worry about the basics of this life, what I'm doing here and now. I focus on my work. If there's an afterlife, I'll worry about it when I get there."
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Date: 2010-01-17 09:30 pm (UTC)"I don't know about that... we may have gods. The people I learned from later in life had faith in a wide pantheon. It would be hard to dispute it with them, their belief was so strong. It's very different from what I was raised with..." He hesitates there. "I try to worry about the basics of this life, what I'm doing here and now. I focus on my work. If there's an afterlife, I'll worry about it when I get there."