Undertow: Prologue -- Chapter 2 - Give me time
If it's true that requorans growing up with cloakers tend to be atheists, maybe that's got something to do with it." it did, and still does make some sense at least.
Volcanic
Of course, the power the priests held to create a giant servant of the spirits would have kept him from being a complete atheist but he still didn't know why the spirits were so damn capricious and fearful of direct evidence of their existence.
Ripple Effect
"he made her movement, my beloved atheist's movement, into a bloody religion?" she was as offended by this as by any other sacrilege. "my eli \*was\* a hybrid," she added disgustedly, "she was as much of a reptile as she was a hermit crab.
Beastlands - Chapter 7, The Trial
"and here i thought i was atheistic. you travel with someone as important as tora and you know squat about her faith?" "i'm just the bodyguard." jorin grinned ear-to-ear.
Nuclear Anomaly
I'm an atheist myself, like many people back in my country, and that didn't go well with them," the major looked genuinely sorry for nikola. "i'm sorry to hear that. it's sad how often things like that happen.
Midline Shift 17 - Ruins of Ancient Stars
"maybe he's an atheist?" replied jax. "i mean, he sure hated the hell outta them when we tried to ask him about it so maybe he turned his back on 'em."
Off Limits
_"Time for bed, sweetie."_ _ Fran looked crestfallen. "Can't I just stay up until the next commercial?"_ _ Her mother grinned, endeared yet still reproachful. "You always say that." The days always seemed so short. Whenever they were at an end, all...
Spare Parts
"Waste not, want not." [FLICK!] "[-'told me to be careful so the people who take the recycling out of the bags don't cut their hands on them,' the actress on the talk show had said, 'and it just hit me right then - how many of us even think of the...
And I Must Scream
"You go to hell for the company, and to heaven for the peace and quiet." "Sometimes it's more gradual than people talk about," Fran's roommate had tried to explain. "Like, on TV you'll see oh, this person's reacting to this specific crisis, she's...
Autopilot
'If work is so good for you, why don't the rich do more of it?' "Who said that?" "Some famous wolf writer I think," Fran's best friend had replied. "The same one who wrote AWOO." "I think that's AROO in fact," the jackal's roommate had chimed...
Gaslight
Her breathing grew heavy. They had chased the rat into a corner. Mnemos had just fallen down a hole that RNG had opened up under her like a trapdoor. Bringing out her great big pigeon wings to slow her fall, she retracted them after having reached...
Kaiju ga Gotoku 9.5 - End of the Year
"and you think an atheist would be accepted?" "if you worked at it, and showed your dedication not to sarasvati, but to the city of kaijurocho, then yes. i'll smooth it over with the gods."