"The Ancients used to have a saying before the Eternal Radiance gave our people the Holy Ovidiana: 'Honor thy father and thy mother.' In those days, the bonds of society were thin, brittle, and backward. But in the modern era we honor our curia and Praetor first, our aedificans and their family next, and finally our own parents. Thus are the bonds of society strengthened, first by duty and loyalty, then by training and obedience, and finally by blood and care."
—from The Young Lightbearer's Guide to Conduct,
by Lautitia Calthae