The Abbey

[Outisakanobody]

"Priestess. But no, I am not. However, I saw you over hear, being dragged down by a heavy heart and was concerned. Have you anything to confess?" Tazia says, hoping over the back of the pew to sit beside the man.

[Vanitypirate]

Alphonse furrowed his brow and shook his head,
"Ah... not to you, apologies-- I have just returned from the... Warrens, they call it."

With a sigh he straightened up,

"I have never in my life seen such deep evil."

[Outisakanobody]

"Is that the place with the pig men?" Tazia askes idly, looking at the man intently.

[Vanitypirate]

Alphonse nodded slowly, solemnly,
"Si. You are correct."

He rubbed his brow and sighed,

"You take care to avoid that place. It is murderous."

[Outisakanobody]

"I've been there. Awful place. Very dirty." Tazia says, attempting to sympathize with the man. "What sent you there?" she then inquired.

[Vanitypirate]

"I was rescuing a woman who had been kidnapped..."

Alphonse cocked his head, incredulous; the woman didn't seem like a mercenary.

"You have been inside the Warrens?"

[Outisakanobody]

"Indeed. Horrible horrible place. I'd be glad if I never go back there again." Tazia says while shaking her head. "How did that women end up?"

[Kidney]

Tod shrugged, "I suppose you don't have to believe in it. I'm simply an exorcist. My magic only needs to work in emergencies. My work is mostly accident prevention and witnessing. I can resolve others of sin, and that can very much prevent a possession."

He was nearly stone at this moment, a powerful entity, one of determination and expertise. Perhaps not literally, but his soft eyes became metaphorical rocks. "I'm not that good at many things, but exorcisms are my job. So, I guess you don't have to believe it, just respect the idea of it."

[Vanitypirate]

Alphonse shrugged wearily, "She's alive. That is all I know before the nurses took her."

He frowned and continued, "My apologies, senorita. I hope you avoid that place until the end of your days..."
But he felt compelled to ask,

"Why did you go there, though?"

[Outisakanobody]

"You understand everything you just said is in opposition to the scientific method. Believing in things without proof is...hmm." Ignis says, struggling to be polite to her new friend's ideas."

//

"There was money to be had." Tazia says with a shrug. "Nothing so noble as you. And I don't really know if it was worth it." she adds, sounding wistful.

[Kidney]

Tod leaned back in his chair, smiling. "True! But, this an Abbey and I'm a religious man, science has no place here!"

He chuckled, raising hands to persuade her that the joke was indeed a joke. If Ignis should look at his teeth, she would find them uncomfortably clean. He shrugged, "Besides, magic is fickle. There isn't really a way to give you evidence on how it works."

[Vanitypirate]

"But... did you not know there are easier ways to make money? Easier work, and you do not have to risk your own life-- tradework." Alphonse poised.

"I hope you know this, now."

[Outisakanobody]

"What an awful thing to say. And what an awful way to think." Ignis says, shaking her head which waved her beak around. She didn't sound overly disturbed or upset, but still not happy with that answer.

//

"Good sir, do I look like someone that works with their hands very much? Besides, I was falling some friends of mine." Tazia says, holding her hands out in front of her, then shrugging.

[Vanitypirate]

Alphonse quirked a frown; hard work was the foundation of good character to him. It seemed ridiculous to reject such things.

"You look like you'd be a bard..." He observed with a stiffness to his tone.

"What friends do you keep?"

[Kidney]

Tod sighed, he understood what she meant, but he couldn't offer her any other answer. He yawned, and while doing saw his arms stretched into the air, and he stood from his chair. "True as well! I never claimed to be a smart man, I'm just an exorcist."

He felt cheeky at this moment, but the guilt of any offense he may have caused flooded through him, and he shrank just enough to be noticeable. "Perhaps, you wish to no longer speak of this? Maybe we should get some dinner?"