When they give you things, ask yourself why. When you're grateful to them for giving you the things you should have anyway, ask yourself why. - Jeff VanderMeer

They’ll never forget, never forgive, no matter who the enemy is, son. Better just to start a new life. Be someone else.

Unlike the Cult of the Seven-Edged Star, the Church of the Seven Pointed Star believed that God had seven points rather than seven edges. Therefore, rather than worshipping the journey toward self-realization symbolized by the edges, they worshipped the goals of self-realization as symbolized by the points. [...] Adherents to the Church of the Seven-pointed Star used swords with sharp points but no edge, while the Cult of the Seven-Edged Star used swords with sharp edges but no point. Alas, edges proved superior to points in most battles fought in the streets of Nicea. Caroline's followers were forced to either commit sacrilege and switch to edges, or become meals for the ever-present saltwater buzzard. Proving, one could say, the point of the edges.

It looked like lively abstract art. Symbols in search of context.