34. Waving the Flag For Secular Morality

Jason traverses a carefully engineered river delta whose farmland and embankments harmonize with the wetlands. He enters a frontier-like farming town, eats breakfast, and looks for directions to the city.

On the main street, Jason overhears a woman arguing with a young man about affording a healer for her ailing father. Jason offers help, clarifies he can cleanse ailments but not injuries, and attempts his ability on the bedridden old man in a cart.

Using Feast of Absolution, Jason’s aura draws out unhealthy energies, cleansing Green Mud Fever, arthritis, and osteoporosis. The old man immediately improves, standing with help and thanking Jason, while bystanders witness the rapid recovery.

Requests surge from townsfolk. The local constable arrives, restores order, and escorts Jason to his office, announcing a day of free treatment for diseases, poisons, and curses, though injuries will be turned away. Jason confirms he can sustain the workload.

In conversation, the constable asks if Jason serves a church. Jason declines, explaining he is acting from secular morality even in a world with evident gods, reinforcing his independent ethos as he prepares to cleanse the town’s afflicted.