[MORE LIKE is she praying to make herself feel better versus genuinely thinking it'll help anyone else, but he doesn't care enough to clarify. He debates how to answer, instead, given the complexities of his role as one of the Order's least pious exorcists.]
...God doesn't listen to people. [He says, eventually. So no, he doesn't believe her prayers will be answered. However...] But people need to believe in something. If that's how they get the strength to keep going, then it's no worse than anything else.
[...]
As long as they're not reckless with it, anyway. [THE EARL IS OUT THERE MAKING MONSTERS OUT OF DEAD LOVED ONES, AFTER ALL,,,]
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...God doesn't listen to people. [He says, eventually. So no, he doesn't believe her prayers will be answered. However...] But people need to believe in something. If that's how they get the strength to keep going, then it's no worse than anything else.
[...]
As long as they're not reckless with it, anyway. [THE EARL IS OUT THERE MAKING MONSTERS OUT OF DEAD LOVED ONES, AFTER ALL,,,]