<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=185062.msg8905343#msg8905343">Quote from: Cyrano Johnson on 15-09-2013, 17:23:55</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I might suggest the most obvious hook for the Cortez-Tren relationship is that they're our crew's avatars of the reason vs. faith debate.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>This is something I'd enjoy since I would have a different take on it than the stereotypical "grr, I'm a mean old skeptic!" stuff. Marah is definitely a metaphysical naturalist, humanist (so to speak--one might need a different term for that in this setting!), and all around empirical person, but when faced with superstition she's still polite (though maybe a little baffled). She's not one to make assumptions about someone's intelligence either--intelligent people are unfortunately really good at coming up with specious arguments for irrational positions that they have an emotional need to be true. She can respect a person without necessarily respecting all their beliefs.