[Liem’s lips thin slightly as she corrects him: That is where I was bred, yes. Everything he has heard about Hayame’s life leads him to believe that her master was a terrible man—and yet, he can’t deny that his stables produced a strong and trustworthy woman, who was no doubt a credit to those she served for many years. He probably did good business, and as a businessman, probably would have venerated Abadar as well, had he lived in Liem’s world.

But Liem still doesn’t think he would have liked him.]

No, not exactly… Although people in those positions certainly did tend to number among Abader’s faithful.

[He can’t exactly say that he wasn’t an administrator of any kind, given his stewardship of the estate lands that he ended up accepting toward the end of his time on Golarion. And his knowledge of the laws and regulations involved in such a position was already extensive because of his own work… but she has the order rather mixed up.]

I was sent to the church to be an acolyte when I was a boy. My uncle paid for me to be there.

[So he hadn’t chosen Abadar as his patron, really. Not until he’d already spent years of his life under Abadar’s roof, and couldn’t imagine venerating anyone else.]

Abadar’s church provides money-lending and law services, so I learned there, before I started travelling.