I never understood those who stayed faithful after that. I can't judge, not exactly. But relying on a goddess above to solve your problems...

It feels like another version of running. Or waiting for another to solve your problems for you.

[She may be prejudiced. And also more than a bit condescending. Her brow furrows as she just stares at the church around her. She wonders, briefly, if Hamelin wants them to pray for their lives.

That would be yet another similarity he shares with Those Who Slither.]