Druids:
They’d gotten a little out of town before Helena asked, “How exactly did you end up in the hands of that lynch mob?”
“I’d gone into town to purchase salt. We produce almost everything we need to enjoy life. There are a few things we must buy.”
“You have cattle and livestock?”
“I’m sorry, no. We’re vegetarian.”
“What’s a vegetarian?”
“We don’t eat meat.”
“On purpose?”
“On purpose.”
“Never?”
“I’m sorry, no. We never eat meat.”
“I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around this. Why would you give up something that tastes so delicious as bacon, or steak, or sausage? If Miss Andrea was here, this news might just kill her.”
“We believe all life is sacred. We choose not to kill things so that we might survive.”
“And this is the philosophy that almost caused you to be hung?
