Silas beamed like a child being praised and scratched the kitten that Aris plucked from his grip. "I'm sure you'll like it there. It's the greatest place here!" he chirped.<br/><br/>Adell rolled her eyes.<br/><br/>"You know..."<br/><br/>Her hand cut through the air between Silas and Aris, drawing both their attention.<br/><br/>"This isn't the Hagia Sophia, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or Notre Dame," said Adell, frowning at Silas. "It's a poxy local church."<br/><br/>The words struck Silas like a bolt of lightning, and he froze on the spot in absolute horror. It took him a few seconds before he resuming breathing, but the shock on his face made him look like a car accident survivor. Adell's expression failed to change throughout all that, still looking as indignant as she was before.<br/><br/>"Adell... why do you say such things?" whimpered Silas.<br/><br/>Adell closed her red eyes and shed a tear. If she was thinking right, she would apologise for raising the matter up with Silas. But the thoughts of her father, her mother's grief, and everything about her life overwhelmed any consideration for anyone else.<br/><br/>"God loves no one, Silas. We're in this cold and dying world alone. There is no justice in His name. There is no duty He accepts or shames. He lets injustice and evil exist because He<span style="font-style: italic">loves</span>it!"<br/><br/>She was too young, too young to remember her father. She was only 3 when her father's condition was unravelled. According to her mother, he had spent so much effort hiding it, that she thought that he was cheating on her. The truth was worse to bear, and when she learned of it, it killed his will to live.<br/><br/>All Adell had as memories of him were imagined and probably too untrue. She couldn't blame him. She couldn't blame her mother. She couldn't blame herself. With tears falling from her eyes, Adell leaned back on the wall and turned away from Silas. All she could do was blame the thing that cursed her family.<br/><br/>Silas could only blink blankly at Adell's outburst. His mind ran through the possibilities on why she was so angry, and one thing came to mind. He knew her father committed suicide.<br/><br/>"She's... blaming God... because she doesn't want to blame anyone she loves," Silas whispered to himself.