Quoted By:
[2/2]
Your final confession later with Father Towbray is unremarkable, he has no penance or redemptive task for you. It seems you have managed to steer clear of iniquity and folly in the short time since your pilgrimage, even the sin of self-doubt has finally left you.
<span class="mu-i">“The Angel has chosen their instrument well.”</span> Father Towbray’s smile is warm, as if all were right with the world. <span class="mu-i">“I have little more I can say to you in the way of some parting wisdom save this; honour your knightly oaths, stay true to yourself, and live your life as the Almighty intended. Not for the promise of some reward, be it earthly or hereafter, but because that is how a good life should be.”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“Thank you, Holy Father.”</span> You bow deeply, genuinely grateful for Heaven sent you a man who has never once doubted you or what you could be. <span class="mu-i">“I will miss your faithfulness, and you guiding hand.”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“I will be praying for you, constantly. But one might say you have Heaven’s ear already.”</span> An uncharacteristic boyish grin spreads across his face. <span class="mu-i">“That’s me for spiritual guidance, right there. Though I have done what I can in the time I have during your recovery, and might have information of an altogether more earthly origin that could aid you....”</span>
==========================================
> Father Towbray had spent some time with the southern pilgrims before they departed. They mentioned something of interest in the desert wastes to the south. [The South]
> Father Towbray was conferring with some local scholars, putting aside his distaste for the locals to bring you this warning regarding the Athenaeum. [The Athenaeum]
> Father Towbray was comparing notes with other clergymen from Romaine, or elsewhere that had studied the Ardenne. He has found something disturbing. [The Ardenne]
