"Have you read the Order Regulations?"
"Yes."
Ever since learning that the Light of Order and the Order Regulations were works of popular education rather than mythological tales, Kallen had read them carefully several times back on Mink Street.
"Can you recite the whole thing?"
"Not yet, but I'll make a serious effort to memorize it."
The Order Regulations was a very thick book, like a dictionary. Even reading it once took a long time, and memorizing it would truly be a massive undertaking. But if his future work and advancement required it, Kallen was willing to put in the effort.
"Oh, you don't need to memorize all of it. We're not those pedants from the Principle God Church, after all."
"Hmm?"
"We only read through it ourselves. Hardly anyone memorizes it. Having a rough idea of it is enough."
"That's allowed?"
"Yes. Sometimes, when we say, 'According to volume such-and-such, chapter such-and-such of the Order Regulations,' we can't remember it ourselves, so we just make it up."
"You can even do that..."
"As long as you know what you're doing. You can always go back and look through the book to fill in the gaps;
"If even we don't memorize it, others certainly won't, and they won't be able to correct you. You only need to be certain that their conduct violated the Order Regulations.
"The Order Regulations were written for people from other churches in the first place. They're a set of [constraints] established jointly by the Order God Church and the other churches."
"I understand, Captain. That was an oversight on my part this time. Next time, I'll invoke the Order Regulations straightaway."
"Oh, this wasn't an oversight." Neo took out a gun and set it beside Kallen's plate. "You fired deliberately to lure them into the