I started to wish I’d paid more attention to Bridget’s conversations with Quinlans and the theories she’d discussed. This had the feel of a discussion of evolution based on the mistaken idea that Heaven’s River was a natural environment. And deism was replacing history in regard to the Administrator. Top that off with the back-to-nature movement and a possible loss of sapience, and the Quinlans were in peril of ceasing to exist as an intelligent species possibly within as little as a few more generations. Was it time for the Bawbe to get involved? Did I dare start stirring the pot again?