Ronald's movements were always swift.
So when he returned to the city with his people, not much had changed since they left.
Not just the layout of the city's personnel or the seasonal atmosphere, Ronald could even see the performers from before and familiar figures among the audience under the stage of the singing contest.
He looked again at the judges' seat opposite the stage.
Martha and Orel were still engaged in a heated discussion; during the time Ronald was out of the city interrogating for information, their fervor hadn't cooled—on the contrary, it had continued to rise with the passage of time.
Through the years, even though the external churches had endured, the erosion of time made it hard to ensure the accuracy of information. As a Saint in the clergy, Martha had the duty to understand the truth of the past.
