It hadn't, not by any stretch. Just... surreal, and really she was able to deal with that over the alternatives she'd had to deal with in the past. Listening to him, she made a motion with her finger and an 'ahah' sound. "Yes, like the Freemasons. It has that same feel as that, which... I suppose makes sense, and yet it does not. Why would such a thing even be needed? And if it was truly successful, would not the world be a different place?"

She nodded in gratitude to his reassurances, sighing some. "Thank you, Father. It's heartening to hear you say that." In more ways than one. She really didn't expect this sort of talk from her priests.