Kallen knew Old Saman had been discussing the details of his funeral with Alfred lately. The old man took his own funeral very seriously. Though probably few friends or relatives would come to mourn him, this was a funeral he intended to attend in person.
Alfred had told Kallen that when the funeral was held, Old Saman would not yet be dead as he lay in his coffin for the viewing. He would lie there alive, experiencing his own funeral firsthand with his eyes wide open.
When it was time for the burial, he would even stand before his tombstone and deliver his own eulogy before lying back in the coffin to end his life.
Kallen had once urged Old Saman not to die. Though sorely tempted, Old Saman had still refused.
From Old Saman's perspective, he could not accept the Pamireth Church he believed in losing its identity and being absorbed by another church. In his words, he could not stop time from passing, but he could at least stop the swinging of his own pendulum clock.
This was his martyrdom for the Pamireth God and his faith.
Originally, Kallen had thought this treaty guaranteeing the Pamireth Church's independence could make the old man abandon the idea of dying and spend his remaining years in this cemetery he loved.
So Kallen had not told Old Saman about the Divine Son's identity.
But Derius had come in person. As the Pamireth Church's Divine Son, it was perfectly normal for him to know that a senior member of his church lived in this cemetery in York City.
Old Saman was living in seclusion and withdrawing from the world, but unlike Kallen, he had not asked the Voss Family to make a mask for him to wear. Otherwise, the captain would not