“Then there are the minority religions. For example, Lian Bakori, our astrogator, is a Neo-Buddhist. He feels the real world we see all around us is a hoax, that our souls dwell on another plane altogether. In order not to be duped by this hoax, they follow the principle of Minimum Involvement—that is, they try to have as little as possible to do with reality, in the hope it will bring them closer to the state of nirvana, which is a total escape from the hoax.”
She smiled at the native. “It’s nowhere near as clear-cut and simple as you have it here on Dascham. In some ways, you should be grateful—you’ve never had religious wars, crusades, jihads—”
“Which of these religions do you believe in?” Grgat asked.
Dev licked her lips. How could she explain the depth of philosophy in which she’d
