As many of us readers know there is much more to science fiction then science. Some of the greatest writers are able to weave their tale with religion and politics, power and money. This adds to the storyline by bringing up aspects that help paint a "separate reality".
If we analyze the religious beliefs and stay separated just enough from actual organizations, the affect can be profound. I thought Frank Herbert went too far in the Dune novel "Heretics" when he introduced the long lost Jews. However the Orange Catholic church presented in the first book "Dune" was a nice touch because it had just enough plausible deniability.
The priest in my story represents a church that moved out world so many eons ago that it has lost touch with its roots. I am calling it the Church of "Tau".
Painter was a high ranking elder of the Tau belief. Their ancestries could be traced back to earth however the "New Church of Tau" was purely a product of Quin. "Prince Alex", Painter said "I would like to speak to the slave now that the training session is obviously over".
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