Oh ok. Its just from the way you made it sound something happened while Aedan was gone that got everyone riled up.

As for the nut, he kinda scares the crap out of me. Reminds me of other overzealous religious people. Haven't met any in a while and kind of happy at that.

And I can't wait to see what you have in store for the next chapter. It sounds like there may be a lot going on...