"Kind of," Jim agrees. It's not precisely the same, of course, but the diversity of species and life experiences is similar, anyway.

He can't speak from personal experience about war and its effect on faith, but he knows a little about individual tragedy influencing the same. Not anything he's willing to talk about - not even here, where Federation witness protection is probably pointless - but he can give a sympathetic ear. "I can imagine. People could get pushed to either extreme."