conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “I’m an atheist, so I don’t really get it.”
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Huh?!”. Lilly was speechless at my modern Japanese sensibilities.
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Rae, that was terribly rude. Apologize.”
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “I’m very sorry.”
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “N-no. I think I understand what you’re trying to say. There are communities in the lands owned by the Church where nonbelievers live. There are people there who say the same sorts of things as you, Rae.” Lilly continued,
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “B-but religion is real. Religion gives power to people who would not have had any, otherwise. To put it in a way that someone unfamiliar with religion might understand… Well, it is a well-scripted fairy tale that has been cultivated over the course of history.”
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Cardinal Lilly,” said Bishop Rhona, “if the Pope heard what you just said, she would faint.”
conversations.prefix: Bishop Rhona:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Y-yes, you’re right. Sorry!” She was correct, though. Religion depended on things that couldn’t be verified, but that belief, and history, also gave it real power. And that power was supported by the faith of the people.
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “I-I think that religion can also provide a system of values,” Lilly said.
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “A system of values?”
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “W-well, I mean, what to value and what not to value. How to express the relationship between things with and without value.”
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  I’d read somewhere that Japanese people tended to think of religion as a “foreign” thing. But religion could interact closely with daily life and serve as a set of guiding principles for how to live that life—like doctrines against eating pork, for instance.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “I’ve always thought religion shows people how to live better,” Claire said.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Hmmm,”.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  The problem was when people’s ideas of what constituted “better” came into conflict—but this world seemed relatively free of such religious wars or disputes, so I decided not to get into it.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Let’s get to the point,” Claire said.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “How does the Church feel about the poverty in Bauer? I see it as a path to eroding faith in the aristocracy and fomenting corruption in its ranks.”
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “I-I don’t know much about such complicated things, but I think you are correct. However, I do not think this will last for long.”
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “You mean…?”
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Prince Yu said as much. The aristocrats will soon fall.”
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  Claire paled at Lilly’s words.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “What does he mean by that?”
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “I-I am unsure of the details. B-but Prince Yu seems to think that the development of magical tools will usher in an era where an individual’s skill will speak louder than their lineage. He said that when it comes to that, the nobles won’t be able to stand up to the commoners who outnumber them…”
conversations.prefix: Lilly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  This was, more or less, what Yu had said to us when the Commoner Movement was picking up momentum at the Academy. At the time, Claire’s only reaction had been pure denial, but now she could no longer abjure the truth of his words.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “I don’t believe the nobles will simply stand by and see their titles abolished,” Claire said.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “O-of course, there will likely be resistance.
conversations.prefix: Lilly: