Alcuin looked at him for a moment, and then began speaking with quiet reverence. Of blessed Elua, the son of the one true God who was cast out for loving humans too much. How he traveled with followers who loved him, and Naamah lay with strangers so that they could eat. And then gave herself to the king who captured Elua, in exchange for his freedom. How it was her sacrifice and love that inspired all of her acolytes, Alcuin among them. The structure of the Houses of the Night Court, and how Servants of Naamah and the acts they performed were holy acts. And that Ella's greatest precept was...

"... love as thou wilt," Alcuin finished quietly.