Perhaps that's for the better. Already there are many who would blindly follow creeds and tenets without any true understanding, and more yet who might claim to adhere— but solely for self-serving purposes, and nothing more.

[ traitorous hierarchs who would turn on those they'd known and raised, rewarding faith and trust with a knife in the back, kindness with blood.

robin shrugs, the motion at odds with the tone of the words he's speaking. there's no actual judgment in his voice for day, and though his words speak of a criticism for the subject of them his overall demeanour is neutral, if somewhat dismissive. ]

There are already too many who will abandon their fair weather faith as the winds change. If you didn't care for it then, the monks might have been right not to push.