And I was chosen from the moment I was born, and only started hearing voices in my head after I stopped being— well.

[ After he'd failed, really. He knows this is a different kind of chosen than what Prior means, but that's the point: they can't reasonably expect their experiences here to match up with the ones they had back home. But that's an easier thing to point out than to practice.

The Temple teachings say that suffering is a proof of guilt, that providence will shield the righteous from the arrows of truth. But Nash didn't learn about torture in the Temple. ]

And what if we aren't important to their plan?