MONOTHEISTS

"Oh god, the monotheists are involved too. There's an international angle now!"

"No one you'd know. HOPSCOTCH. Our old hand in Mircea, executed by monotheists." She swallows. "Whole network lost as well."

"We're from Mircea originally. But we had to leave when the monotheists seized power. We were recruited not long after."

It was actually 'idolatry' according to the monotheists. Serious stuff.

"Your neuro-blather isn't wrong in this case: Reality is biased toward symmetries and echoes. The monotheists call this evidence of a divine mind at work, I call it poor quality control."