At first the Bishop tries to join the Missionary Rituals at the church but is turned away by Brent for mocking their attempts at helping people with their 'false god'.
Here's where the story starts to resonate with me on the level of the cultural clash again. It's not that RJ and Brent want to help. It's that it comes in the Christian packaging, that those receiving grace must also believe and obey. Bishop Lucas sets about a plan of attack not over idealogical differences, but because he sees the Missionaries as a dangerous cultural infestation. So far so good.
To talk further of the story's plot will give too much away. Suffice to say, I was pleased to discover there was a clear and understandable set of conflicts and characterizations to have a good tale set upon.
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