Alfie looked to True.

True did not make his friend communicate it, even through an expression.

That “it” being that True had been correct.

There was much to live for, much he could contribute, even in ways he could not imagine until they happened.

He gave his attention to Ry.

“What do you have to tell us?” he asked.

“I can give you names. However, I hasten to note that these names I will give are only those I have heard in whispers of priests that are in Wodell, Airen and Firenze who might, might have ties to this Rising,” Ry said.

“We will proceed with that caution in mind,” True replied.

Ry nodded.

“I will tell you, though, I did know of the three you already…er, dispatched,” Ry shared and when True made no comment, he carried on, “And that there were murmurings of their ties to these agitators. And the ones that have been reported since, some of them, not all, I had heard their names too,” Ry shared.

True nodded, pleased to know they were on the right track.

Ry continued, “With this Rising, it will not negate the mistakes we have made, but I will share also there is a good deal of discord amongst priests in the Dome City in how to deal with it. Including many who wish to take a much more aggressive route to banish these followers from our ranks. And alongside this, there is a swell of support for an initiative to change the status of the Go’Ella. It is important you know all of that.”

“This is noted,” True said. “Have you heard aught of a treasury?”

Ry shook his head.

True drew breath into his nostrils and sat back.

“I do not share what I shared with you for this reason,” Ry went on. “However, it is important enough to me to bring it to this table at this time. A small number of Go’Ella have gone missing.”

True’s gaze moved to Alfie before hitting Apollo and then he turned it to Farah.

She was leaned forward into her elbows on the table, intent on Ry.

True looked back to Ry.

“It began with Marian. A very bright woman. I am old, but I could still see she was attractive. She is from here,” Ry told them. “Wodell, that is. Originally. She did not share, but I suspect she had some …troubles with an earlier priest to whom she was assigned. But she seemed content in our little family.”

“Family?” Farah asked softly.

Ry shrugged. “It is better than what they had before they came to us, and I would hope, at least with mine, they found peace after lives lived that did not offer such.”

“You elude to not a small amount of issues that might be disturbing as pertains to the Go’Ella,” Alfie remarked.

“Indeed,” Ry replied on a sigh. “And after this Rising is quelled, regardless of what befalls me, in dealings with the Dome City, I would make it one of your priorities to research a new ideology that is quite sweeping our own that our handling of Go’Ella change rather drastically and that priests can marry and take only one spouse. And I would hope, once you research this, that you would throw your strong support behind it.”