Tony has named himself Founder, CEO, and messianic Prophet of a new religion he has called: The Pleiades. He stole the idea right out of a book. Or, I suppose I should say, THE book. A collection of short stories called No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July. Here is what he found on page 186:

When Lyon was ten, she entered a spiritual phase. None of us three was religious, so she drew from a wide array of sources. She called it the Pleiades, an ever-evolving combination of mythology, Anne Frank, and gleaning from friend Claire, who went to Sunday school and wore a crucifix. She could add and subtract rituals as they were needed….”

And that was all the ammunition he needed. Someone else’s perfect concept coupled with infinite flexibility and he had himself a dogma and I my new path. I must learn the rituals, belief systems, and tithing percentages before he shows up again or else I may very well be damned. Go figure.