They sound as though they are an overly sensitive lot, if they cannot readily face a simple comparison by a man armed only with his intellect. [And that grin of Magnus's might get a tiny smirk from the newcomer]

[He might chaff a little.] There is little that is holy nor unholy as I see it: I am an atheist and a materialist, nor do I consider the lines of morals to be as set in stone as people would believe them to be.