Daneel woke up to the morning sun shining on his bed.
In a few minutes, he was sitting on a chair and opening the parchment that Radagast had given him yesterday.
Reading through the doctrine, Daneel's eyebrows went up more and more until there was no place left for them to go.
The Church Of Rectitude's doctrine was one of the strictest ideologies he had ever seen. But, he started to notice a pattern in the rules that was actually quite glaring when he observed it further.
The pattern was that the "Saint" or the person who had set up the Church was the absolute ruler. Even when entering, one had to give the oath to follow the words of the "Saint" no matter what they were. In fact, there were even details about how sacrificing oneself to the Saint would result in life long prosperity for their eternal soul and living family.
In summary, anyone who entered the Church had to abide by the word of those above and they had to abstain from any of the sins listed in the doctrine. Although this list of sins was pretty standard, the part about absolute obedience was the most worrying.
In return, each and every member was given resources to reach the peak according to their talent. As long as one didn't waste resources, there was no limit to the requests they could put towards the Church. The Church would also happily ply because in essence, each and every member had pletely signed over their freedom in exchange.
Also, members could also place requests for "reckonings". If the information provided by them was found out to be true, then the location where the reported sin had occurred would be purged by the Priests of Reckoning.
Daneel suspected that this was what had happened with the destruction of the Dwarve's Rum. He wondered who it had been that had chosen to give away their freedom in exchange for getting revenge.
There was no way that he would let ever let any one dictate his actions. This was the clarity that Daneel achieved on reading the doctrine fully. He had never realized the value of freedom before this point.
Although he was still restricted by the environment he was in, his actions and decisions were all his own. He would actually have to thank Radagast later for bringing this to his attention.
Meanwhile, he decided that it was time to visit his Master and find out just what arrangement he had with them.
On approaching the cabin, he was pleasantly surprised to see plumes of smoke rising from the chimney on top.
Knocking on the door, he was greeted by a smell of charred meat.
As Master Jonah opened the door, more and more gusts of black smoke exited the cabin, making a few people who were around crinkle their noses due to the unpleasant smell.
"Get in!
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