[ Rau notes the hesitation, and would chase after it if there wasn't a shinier idea in front of him. He's watched beliefs on both sides of a war shift in response to speech-making and propaganda, and he sincerely doubts that world politics changed dramatically after his death -- even if Gil may have been more subtle about it than Patrick Zala and Ezaria Jule. ]

But a collective can be mistaken or manipulated, or both.

[ His free hand flicks to the newspaper. ]

If enough souls hear and think Niesha cannot protect us, does she lose some power?