Awesome. You had me at the title, and then to bring it into a deep discussion of what devotion means, and then BAM, familiar words from a time now gone by. Excellent. I couldn’t have asked for a better sequel. I also liked the twist on expectation with the younger guy going for blind devotion through ritual and the older guy as the voice of a practical approach.

No! You damn, dirty apes!

I’m with DoItForScience. I’m getting a definitely postapocalyptic feeling from this, like Guffo and Thal are descended from nuclear survivors who, devoid of modern society, devolved into a tribal culture. Their idol is the remains of a certain familiar lady…

Haha, I love it. Sacrificing at the Altar of Liberty has never been so literal.

This is a very good sequel. I like post-apocalypse stories.