Cuthbert | Cesare
Where there is corruption, it needs rooting out. Why does your father allow such men in the College at all? Doesn't he have that influence, while he lives?
As it happens, that's how I know you spoke true to me of Rome, that you admitted its corruption. A man seeking to paint a false picture of his homeland wouldn't, but it's...inevitable. Even in Gilead. Roland and I caught it first-hand when we were still children. We meant to sneak food from the kitchens I was supposed to be fasting but and instead we saw a cook poisoning the dishes. They hanged him for it. We saw that too. But if Gilead can hide such elements, so can any place.
We're trained for leadership, those of us from the lines, but aye, not yet. Hopefully not for a long while, may our fathers' days be long. Not yet and not here, either.