"Yeah! Yeah, I know how it sounds." He groans. "But you know how Jon is. He didn't go there to join a cult, he went there for knowledge, and... they were offering it."

Martin was dreading actually having this conversation with anyone who knew Jon. He loved the man but sometimes he went off and did stupid things. And of course, this was before the Beholding overtook him again so... maybe he understood a little bit of why he went to the church.

"He's an idiot. I'm not much better." Martin takes another sip. "I got lost and got marked by the cult. I think." He pushes up the sleeve of his sweater to show Tim the leviathan cross tattooed in white on his skin.