examine employee’s badge.

oh.. weird...

he notices you staring and takes it as an invitation to start explaining. you see, this is a secular badge. it means he does not heed the king's providence, and has been given to him as a mark of shame. he wears it with pride.

you ask why it looks so much brighter up-close. he doesn't answer and continues to talk about his secularity. some people think they're so special for not listening to authority. you are, obviously, but everyone else is so weird about it.