un: zokla -- text.

[wolfchild]

Do you keep your gods here? I've wandered the ship.
There's not a temple or sept or statue.
Who knows to work the vehicles in the hangar?
Also what is an augment?

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[wolfchild]

Is that the name of your god?

[hackedhistory]

Yes. I practice Islam.

[wolfchild]

There's a hundred religions in Braavos, but not that one.

[ because she knows all 100+ religions present, ok. ]

How do you practice it?

[hackedhistory]

A lot of prayer. We pray five times a day. There's also a book of teachings we follow called the Quran, and holidays we observe.

[wolfchild]

Which one do you like best?

[hackedhistory]

Of the holidays?

[Or of anything that she mentioned? Because there's a lot there and narrowing it down would be good.]

[wolfchild]

Or the teachings. Or the prayers if they're different.
Where I'm from, all gods are honored.
I like hearing about them. You learn all sorts of things.

[hackedhistory]

Well, my favorite holiday is Eid al-Fitr. One of the tenants we observe is a holy month of fasting, and Eid is the celebration of the end of that month. There's so much good food, and all your family gets together to spend time together.

[wolfchild]

[ zokla imagines tables piled high with meats and breads, fruits and cheeses. wines and beers by the barrels. near half a year she has been with alastair first, then hathaway, and had enough food to fill her stomach every night, but the image still warms her belly. the years of scrounging scraps for a meal are hard to set aside.

but: ] You eat at some point in the month. That's a long time to go without eating anything.

[hackedhistory]

We do. We fast from sun up to sundown, but we make a meal called iftar once the sun goes down to break the fast. You're also excused from fasting if you're elderly or sick, and are expected to give in other ways.

[wolfchild]

That's fair. It sounds like the kind of holy day everyone would like.

[ a pause between messages. ]

Can anyone partake of the feast? [ asking for a friend. ]

[hackedhistory]

Of course. Eid is about community. We used to invite non-Muslims to Eid all the time before religion was outlawed.

[wolfchild]

[ to a girl raised in braavos, having known nothing but the once hidden city, the concept is baffling. ]

Why would they outlaw religion? It’s stupid. If people can’t keep their gods in public, they’ll do it in private, but they’ll still keep them.

[hackedhistory]

I agree. But religious extremists were classified as a danger to society, and as a result, ARGUS banned religion entirely. They actually arrest people for it too.

[As seen by her rap sheet.]

[wolfchild]

That's a load of shit is what that is. They're idiots.

[hackedhistory]

Again, I don't disagree. Probably why I've spent three quarters of my life trying to make sure they don't have their way.

[#freedomfighter #rebelwithacause]

[wolfchild]

Did you get arrested too?

[hackedhistory]

Many times for many different reasons, but religious infractions were definitely some of them.

[wolfchild]

Is that what you asked ALASTAIR? I mean, Hathaway.
To get out of jail.

[hackedhistory]

No. I got someone else to help me with that. I'm looking for information.