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The city is in chaos. A new religious faction, "The Silent Brothers," is preaching that the Supreme Creator actually hates everyone and that the only way to salvation is to stop eating and give all their belongings to the temple treasury.

Cerebus returns to his throne, tosses the heavy mitre into a corner, and opens a new bottle. Cerebus v08.cbz

Cerebus goes to the temple steps. Thousands of pilgrims are silent, looking grim. The leader of the Silent Brothers approaches, holding a staff. The city is in chaos

Cerebus looks at the massive crowd, then at the bustling, profitable market across the street. He grins—that familiar, malicious, tiny-toothed grin. Cerebus goes to the temple steps

A close-up of Cerebus looking at the reader. "Priest, king, pope... it's all the same. People just want someone to tell them it's okay to be stupid." g., Cirin, Jaka)? A more surreal, philosophical angle ? A different setting (e.g., in the middle of a war)?

The Leader speaks: "Aardvark! Renounce the flesh! Embrace the void!"

Cerebus, wearing a ridiculously oversized mitre (hat) that keeps falling over his eyes, sits on a throne of solid gold, sipping wine.