The Same as Modern

“Faith informs everything,” said Cedric.

“You can tell when people are losing their faith, because the news becomes more scary and vicious, reporting on more and more terrible things, tightening the fears that are otherwise nonexistent. They know that the fear will put the congregation back in order.”

Liza’s eyes turned down and to the side.

“It’s the same that it always has been. Modern people just think that they’re better than the people who existed in the rest of history. But it’s the same.”