I was a military tactician by trade, so it might simply be that I have a tendency to think of many things in terms of utility.

[ is the explanation he ends up offering. ]

And my earlier words may have been a bit misleading; I may not have been a priest or ... leader of the faith, perhaps, but I did serve as Hierophant where I came from as well.

After a while, you more or less end up discarding those kinds of attachments.