"It is, innit? I've never gone in for it." Some of his siblings liked to style themselves as satanists, but for his money they just felt it was another excuse to act like a berk, as if they needed one. "I think it takes a lot of courage to get out of that kinda thing, especially if you still believe in any of it. Good on you."

It was impressive, thinking about this mild-mannered man doing something so radical. "I'm not much of a believer in anything. Never made much sense to me why any god would make the world only for it to go so wrong all the time."