Bishop Megal, whose name happens to be the same as the Pope of the Church of Dreams seven hundred years ago, is the head of the church in the central parish. Wright is not unfamiliar with this name—the church edict that ordered him to preach at the southern borders was signed by Megal.
However, the Bishop Megal who signed that edict likely does not even know someone like him exists, as the bishop has many items to sign each day.
In front of Wright, the Holy Light cleric sternly explains the reasons for his judgment, his tone indisputable, his expression devout. Meanwhile, the man declared an evil heretic sobs quietly, possibly because a soldier's heavy kick broke his rib, his voice filled with immense pain. A woman in a tattered dress tries desperately to plead for the soldier to release her husband, but the decree's silent spell still binds her throat, rendering her voiceless.
Wright fell into brief silence.
