NOTE: This post is the third part of an ongoing essay about religious themes in Warrior Nun. You can read the previous part below:
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CHAPTER 3: Flight to Fight
Ava and Lilith’s cliffhanger is resolved at the start of Episode 5, though not just between the two of them. As revealed in Episode 4 following Ava’s departure from the OCS, Vincent sent Mary to ensure Ava wasn’t harmed by Duretti, Lilith, or anyone else that could potentially hurt the organization’s new Warrior Nun. Which is why, as Lilith confronts Ava at the start of Episode 5, Mary appears from the shadows to rescue her. However, Ava takes the opportunity that is Mary and Lilith’s skirmish to flee, neither of them getting what they want. This leads to the pair pursuing Ava, though fighting throughout the episode as they attempt to use Ava for their personal agendas. Mary’s is to bring Ava back to the OCS unharmed, to continue her training and prove that she is the Warrior Nun God chose to be next in line. Lilith’s is to rip the Halo from Ava’s body, even if it kills her, donning it in her own back, ensuring the role of Warrior Nun is passed down to a nun that understand the OCS and their purpose. Both sisters want what is best for the organization. Yet they are approaching the mission of “retrieve Ava” in different ways.
This underscores just how malleable the idea of religion can be in Warrior Nun despite the reality it holds. Everything about the OCS is tangible, such as the Halo, divinium, and the demons they fight. Yet throughout Episode 5, during Mary and Lilith’s conflict, it’s clear each of them are interpreting that reality in different ways (and, by extension, Vincent and Duretti are doing the same). Mary aligns with the idea of random chaos. That fate and destiny have a role to play in God’s plans, making it wrong to interfere with the way certain processes are developing. Lilith arrives at the conclusion that humanity makes its own fate. That it’s up to people to preserve the will of God through the rules set by the Church. Both of them subscribe to the same religious ideology, yet both view that ideology in very different ways. This underscores how, even when trying to adhere to their religious beliefs, both of them are twisting those beliefs in ways that benefit their morals. Whether Mary or Lilith have a more understandable viewpoint doesn’t matter. As both are interpretations of what each think are the correct way to approach the same religion.
Ava, on the other hand, reflects an apathy that takes advantage of the Halo’s religious properties not for the Church, but for herself instead. Following her escape from Mary and Lilith’s battle, Ava manages to find JC, who didn’t want to leave without her. Her and JC sneak onto a boat in a hurry, Ava quickly explaining someone beyond Salvius is now after her. The pair wind up on a small cruise with a final destination in Africa, just in time before Mary or Lilith can hop aboard. Now alone together, Ava declares that she is finally free of her old life. That, with her newfound ability to walk and the powers of the Halo, her and JC can travel the world together without any real destination in mind. Or any sense of responsibility. But things don't turn out to be that easy. Especially once JC begins to ask Ava questions about why a new group of people are after her. She indirectly answers him, calling the Halo an “old ring,” realizing that if she admits to him the whole truth, he might think she’s crazy.
This reveals an unfortunate reality about Ava’s situation that she never considered: The explanation to JC. While JC clearly likes Ava and wants to be with her on his travels, there is a level of trust that he needs to have with her as well. Though he’s understanding as to why she doesn’t want to talk about her past—especially her time in the orphanage—Ava continues to throw back alcohol until she’s drunk. A clear sign that she wants to tell JC everything, but can’t bring herself to because of what it might mean for them. Or maybe, on the inside, wrestling with a modicum of guilt for leaving such important responsibilities behind. What’s clear is that Ava doesn’t want to live her life in the shadows anymore. But, by lying to JC, she would still be hiding a big part of herself. One that could have any number of consequences if she decided to be honest with him.
So, she avoids it for as long as she can. That is, until the pair are almost caught as stowaways on the boat. They hide in a closet, though JC asks Ava a question that makes her freeze for a moment. In a prior conversation, Ava asked JC if he’d want to be stuck in a bed for his whole life, a clear reference to when she was paralyzed at the orphanage. While he didn’t think much of it in the moment, he asks her in the storage closet what she meant by that. Ava realizes her slip-up, knowing that he now suspects something. He probably can’t tell she used to be paralyzed, but he now wonders what secrets Ava is keeping from him. So, to avoid having the conversation, she kisses him. The pair proceed to have intercourse in the closet, all so Ava can avoid telling him the truth. This scene underscores just how avoidant of any conflict or responsibility Ava is. And how she’s willing to keep her religious association with the Halo a secret, all so she can have a life on the run. The scene feels like Ava has made her choice: She wants to be with JC, even if she can’t tell him the truth. And yet, there is still a level of unsurety behind her decision.
But Ava isn’t the only one wrestling with choices because of religion. Other characters throughout the episode approach religion in a more direct sense, oftentimes doing so because of their personal agendas. For example, Salvius holds a public press conference announcing her large quantum portal, the Ark, which she plans to use for dimensional travel. In addition, she directly discusses her use of divinium on the project, addressing her manipulation of the religious element in her experimentation. She explains that, while the Vatican may not like what she is doing, she believes it to be blasphemous to deny the progress of science based on religious ideas. She then makes a bold assertion: God is real, and the Ark can lead the world to Him.
Duretti and Vincent discuss her statement soon after, believing it to be a declaration of war on the Church. A declaration that her way of approaching religion is the right way, and the Church is trying to hinder progress toward a better way of looking at religion as a whole. Duretti decides the Shield of Faith, which was rescued from ArqTech by Beatrice in the previous episode, must be sent to the Vatican for protection. This angers Beatrice because the Shield had been under the direct protection of the ancient OCS before it was lost. However, Duretti doesn’t want to take any chances. The divisive nature of Salvius’ statement highlights her own beliefs about religion. That religion can be tied to science more than anything else, including the established beliefs of the Church.
Her viewpoint undermines the Church’s beliefs, but also unveils the tangibility of religion as a forefront for her perspective. Salvius knows religion is a tangible tool in the Warrior Nun universe, which is why she wants to make the Ark a reality. It’s the same reason why Beatrice wants the OCS protecting the Shield instead of the Vatican: Both recognize the very real power of divinium and its religious properties. However, both want to pursue them in different ways. Salvius wants to utilize it for humanity’s progression, while Beatrice wants to protect it from harm. Once again, this episode demonstrates how religion can have multiple meanings to different people. To the point where even holy relics become the subject of debate through a religious lens. This also proves the general power of a tangible religion in the Warrior Nun universe, highlighting just how much it can cause people to see it from a variety of viewpoints, self-serving and all-encompassing alike.
Holding his own viewpoint on the matter, Vincent confides in Beatrice that he too is unsure about Duretti’s decision to move the Shield to the Vatican. Here, Vincent plants the first seed of doubt within the OCS about Duretti’s true motives. He says that he believes Duretti is trying to divide the Church by making uncommon decisions aimed at Salvius’ work. This is what leads to a short confrontation between Duretti and Beatrice, where Duretti commends Beatrice’s loyalty to the Church. She responds that she will always remain loyal “to God,” leaving out the Church on purpose to ensure Duretti knows she doesn’t trust him. In hindsight, this moment is Vincent using religion to manipulate Beatrice into distrusting Duretti. The reality of the situation is that Vincent is the traitor within the Church. And yet, by using his power in the OCS to direct antagonism onto Duretti, Vincent winds up twirling OCS members like Beatrice around his finger. He had laid the groundwork for mistrust of Duretti, who can now become his scapegoat because of the Cardinal’s propensity to make drastic decisions when things go awry.
Continuing to take advantage of this scenario, Vincent has a secret meeting with Salvius. While there, he makes a proposition: He will tell her where the Shield of Faith is so she can steal it mid-transport to the Vatican. In exchange, he wants her to stop attacking the Church with her beliefs and to stay away from Ava. Despite trying to tell her they’re at war with Hell, she dismisses his ideas as fantasy. A fancy way of getting her to stop pursuing her science. Which is an interesting position for Salvius to take. Previously, she asserted that Heaven was real, and that she wanted to prove it through her use of the Ark. And yet, when presented with the idea of Hell, she tosses it off as something made up by the Church. It shows that, while Salvius knows the tangibility of religion, she is still willing to deny the parts of it that don’t align with her goals. After all, to consider the existence of Hell would mean she’d have to consider the possibility that’s where the Ark will lead.
But, despite her misgivings surrounding the existence of Hell, she agrees to Vincent’s terms. The Shield is soon captured by ArqTech, allowing Salvius to complete the Ark. Something a sickly young boy—her son, Michael—says is almost ready to be opened. Information told to him by an angel. While not much is known about this so-called angel just yet, the presence of an otherworldly being presenting itself as a heavenly creature shows why Salvius is holding out hope the Ark leads to Heaven. And why she doesn’t want to take on the idea that Hell is a reality too. It’s later revealed that Michael is dying, and that only divinium can keep him alive. Salvius plans to use the Ark to prolong his life, sending him into a heavenly dimension where death cannot exist. Her hope is balanced by the idea that Heaven is real. That everything she is doing will lead to a fair and just outcome. She denies the tangible reality of Hell (or, in this case, a malevolent otherworldly realm) because accepting it could mean everything she’s done was for nothing.
Accepting it means wrestling with the possibility she’s being tricked.
As Salvius continues trying to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, Mary and Lilith catch up to Ava. Still holding their own beliefs about what should be done with her, they pursue her as she runs off the ship with JC. While she takes JC by the hand and tries to escape, the pair end up in a dead end storage area. It’s here that JC begins to ask Ava what’s going on, in a way that clarifies he needs to know what’s happening for him to continue being with Ava. However, Ava is unable to explain it to him. She is so afraid of confronting the truth—of coming face-to-face with her new purpose—that she can’t even preserve her relationship with JC. He tells her that he’s not doing this anymore, only to be clocked in the head by an in-pursuit Lilith.
JC deciding to no longer be with Ava if she’s going to be dishonest with him symbolizes the end of her attempts to be free by running away from everything. After JC is knocked out, Ava is forced to confront the fact that Mary and Lilith are pursuing her because of the Halo. This comes in the form of Ava and Lilith continuing their fight from outside the orphanage. As they battle, Lilith tells Ava the Halo didn’t just give her the ability to have a new life: It gave her a purpose. Lilith’s words clarify her own position on the Halo. That, while she wants it because she understands and appreciates the value of being the Warrior Nun, part of her wants Ava to understand just how important her role in the world now is. She wants Ava to know her viewpoint on what the Halo means. That it’s a special object, deserving of reverence, which can offer her a purpose beyond just jumping from place to place searching for one. It can be that belonging she’s trying to find deep down. Which means the OCS could be her home.
But Ava continues to fight against this notion, wanting to maintain an undefined freedom despite its directionless path. At one point, Lilith gets the upper hand, but Mary arrives to save Ava. This is when everything becomes ever more chaotic: A Tarask appears, the demonic beast summoned by Ava’s use of the Halo. While it battles everyone involved in this skirmish, it soon corners Ava, intent on killing her to take the Halo. However, Lilith makes the ultimate sacrifice, jumping in front of Ava, being impaled by the Tarask in the process. This selfless action proclaims Lilith’s viewpoint of the Halo more forthright. She reveres it enough that, even though she believes she deserves to be the Warrior Nun, she’s willing to sacrifice her life to keep it out of the clutches of the Tarasks. Even if it means Ava will wield its power instead of her. Ava soon does, killing the Tarask, causing the creature and Lilith to be sucked into a portal, seemingly to Hell.
The episode ends with Ava once again doing what she’s been continuing to do this whole time—running away. However, this episode marks a shift in the religious overtones present throughout the series. Ava’s decision to view the Halo as an object she can use for her personal desires results in Lilith seemingly deceased. It was Ava’s decision to try and run away from the Cat’s Cradle that caused Lilith to get put in a position where she had to save Ava’s life. Because Ava tried to twist the religious artifact in her back into something she could use for personal gain, someone got hurt. It’s a harsh reality Ava decides to run away from, just as she’s run away from everything else in her life so far. But this is something she can’t outrun. The reality of the situation is something she’ll have to face, even if she doesn’t want to, because of the gravity of what transpired. Ava will be forced to come to terms with how her attempt at turning a religious artifact into her personal escape route seemingly cost someone their life.
The final scene of Episode 5 also marks the last time JC appears in the entirety of Warrior Nun. This is because JC is a symbol of the life Ava has wanted all this time. A life where she can run across the world, avoiding every issue she may come across by simply moving on. This temptation of a world without responsibility is one Ava desperately craves. But it’s one that has no goals. It’s a life without the fulfillment that something like the Halo can give her. It’s a life that only feels free for a little while, until she begins to wonder what the point of everything she’d been doing even was. JC’s abrupt exit from the series is perfect, as it underscores how, soon, Ava will break away from the part of herself that yearns for a life of undefined freedom. The simple realization that what she does can have consequences for others makes Ava start to grow disillusioned from a life of flight. Instead, she begins to develop a sense of true responsibility.
The title of Episode 5, “Matthew 7:13,” is a reflection of this realization: “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:” (King James Version). In essence, the quote is about how making a choice that feels like it offers up the most freedom can often lead one to become pulled in different directions, resulting in their destruction. Ava wanted to go on a worldwide journey with JC, but without any particular goal in mind, she would have ended up having a life without any true personal meaning to her. But, by sticking to the path of the Warrior Nun, Ava can find a purpose that can lead her to helping the world. The Halo is now something she has to live with, and a responsibility reflective of the show’s religious themes. Ava doesn’t yet know of the protector she can become, but if she focuses on the narrow path set before her, she can avoid morphing into someone whose path is too wide to even be called a path at all.
The end of Episode 5 focused on Ava’s connection to the Halo and its real-world consequences, reflecting the reality of religion within the Warrior Nun world. However, Episode 6 is were this is explored in more detail, as it’s entirely focused on Ava and Mary following Lilith’s sacrifice. After Ava flees the scene of Lilith’s supposed demise, Mary finds her near a mountain. The two have a short conversation, with Ava believing Mary followed her to kill her, just as Lilith did. But Mary views Ava’s status as the Warrior Nun in a different light. Unlike Lilith, Mary sees Ava as the rightful heir to the Halo. Someone who, despite being beyond the bounds of the Church, could wield its holy power with a dedication yet to be seen in the modern age. Or, to put it simply: Mary believes, deep down, that Ava was chosen by the Halo. And that, despite her indifference toward her responsibilities right now, she has the chance to grow into them.
Things truly kick off when Mary and Ava end up in a cave together, Mary healing from a leg wound. The pair talk, with Ava mistakenly calling Mary a nun, something the latter finds humorous. Here we get a deeper look at Mary’s own belief system beyond that of Christianity. She describes the hardships in her life, including having a mother who was imprisoned after defending herself from an assailant. For Mary, life has seemingly been all about ensuring fair treatment from others, especially when it comes to bargaining with her life. Mary exhibits a transactional nature when speaking with Ava, telling her the quid pro quo that comes with her new position as the Warrior Nun. Ava can use the powers of the Halo to give the Church what it wants—the defense of Earth from otherworldly demonic forces. Meanwhile, the OCS can give Ava what she wants—people she can trust and a place to call home. A family. While this underscores how Ava can’t run from her new religious responsibilities, it also reflects how Mary views the world through a lens beyond religion. Despite believing in God and in Ava using the Halo to properly defend the world, she also sees it as an agreement. Everyone gets something out of the deal, so long as Ava plays her role properly.
The two talk a bit that night. The subject of Lilith comes up, though it’s more generally reflective than anything else. Then, JC becomes part of the conversation. Ava says she doesn’t want to think about him, as he’s now become a vile reminder of the world she can no longer be part of. And yet, by refusing to talk about him, Ava is actively pushing against a system of belief (or, to an extent, non-belief) that would have rendered her without purpose. While she frames it as her being unable to do what she wants, Mary remarks that it’s “just hormones.” Indicating that, while Ava’s instinct may have been to run away from JC, pondering about her future may yield a different result as to what she wants to pursue. Obviously, this is Mary’s way of trying to push Ava into becoming the OCS’ Warrior Nun. But, at the same time, Mary’s short remark can be seen as her trying to help Ava directly. Instead of using the Halo for selfish reasons, would she not find a more worthwhile purpose by using it to help others?
This theme carries over to the next part of the episode, when Ava and Mary arrive in a village. Ava soon learns the village was once overrun by Wraith Demons, creatures that went around possessing people in the town and feeding off the chaos. OCS members like Mary are considered welcome heroes in the town because of how horrific life had become for its people—and how much better the OCS was able to make it. Mary taking Ava to this town in particular is a purposeful way of showing her the worldly progress that can be made if she embraces the truth about the Halo’s religious purpose. If Ava were to run off on her own, whisked away by JC alongside the powers of the Halo, she would never get the opportunity to help people like those living in the town.
While Mary’s story is a simplistic one about saving a group of people from a demonic presence, it’s one that resonates with the religious themes of the story. Religious ideas in Warrior Nun are real, meaning the consequences of not saving the town could have been disastrous for any nearby locations. Saving the town from the many Wraith Demons once present there may have assisted in keeping other towns from becoming infected with their plague. And, since only the Warrior Nun has the power to see Wraith Demons, her presence becomes a necessity in helping people stave off villainous entities. Mary is illustrating this to Ava not just to convince her to join the OCS, but also to underscore the genuine reality of her new scenario. Not just the horrors, like Wraith Demons possessing an entire town full of people. But also the hope Warrior Nuns have brought to people in need for generations. Ava develops a strong connection to the town by being there, while Mary’s story exhibits the importance of protecting the world from demons. This works to make Ava realize the overall purpose she can have as the Warrior Nun, and also gives the OCS its protector back.
But not all is bright and cheery in the now-saved town. Mary gets a call informing her of a worst-case scenario unfolding at the Vatican: The Pope is dying. Mary ends up confiding in Ava that she suspects Cardinal Duretti killed Sister Shannon, the previous Warrior Nun. She also suspects Duretti wants to take over as Pope, using his iron-fisted rule to situate a more loyal Warrior Nun within the OCS. But Ava isn’t so sure, telling Mary she can’t accuse Duretti of murder without hard evidence. Which, unfortunately, Mary doesn’t have. However, Mary’s accusation creates a rift between her belief system and Duretti’s. While Mary is unaware Duretti is, in fact, not plotting to take over the Church and didn’t kill Shannon, the fact remains that both characters want what they perceive to be “best” for the OCS. Duretti’s ideas involve hardened, cutthroat methods of ensuring order in the Church. Mary, meanwhile, believes the cards the OCS has been dealt should be played. Both are twisting religion in their own ways, but Duretti clearly has a more Old Testament view of how to properly deal with Ava than Mary does.
The conflict between the two, therefore, is not a question of power, but a question of religion. Both of them see what they want from Ava as what is best for the OCS. However, they also believe any outcome that is not their own will be a detriment to the Church. This stalemate is complicated by Ava’s own feelings toward using the Halo for personal reasons. While these ideas are now being questioned as she learns more about how the OCS helps the world, it doesn’t change the perception Duretti has of her status as the Warrior Nun. However, it does alter how possible Mary believes Ava’s prominent role in the OCS can be. Ava is developing the ability to fight instead of flee, a small part of her that Mary can nurture by showing her more about what the OCS does for the world. It seemingly dooms Duretti’s perspective of hard-held beliefs about tradition, despite religion itself being built on the idea of traditional values. Religion in Warrior Nun is not always as it seems, yet still holds a logic to itself that can make Mary “correct” in the way she twists elements of it to benefit the OCS.
Ava and Mary eventually sleep in a church that night. Before they go to sleep, we get a bit more insight surrounding their respective viewpoints on the Halo, the Wraith Demons, and the general idea that the Church has been secretly fighting demons for a thousand years. When Ava asks Mary about her opinion surrounding the existence of God, Mary justifies her belief through the demonic entities she’s fought over her years with the OCS. Meanwhile, Ava believes there must be some level of science involved, since the Halo is some kind of artifact implanted in her back granting her powers. The pair perceive the Halo and its purpose in very different ways. While Mary focuses on the religious elements of its powers, Ava believes there must be a worldly explanation for how it behaves. Both of them view the Halo—and subsequently religion—in ways that reflect their personal viewpoints on reality. However, the only thing that is known for certain is that everything happening just is. The demonic forces exist, as does the Halo and divinium. But that doesn’t make every word in the Bible true, nor science a final answer. There is a deeper reality that goes beyond the understanding of science and religion. One that exists to be experienced rather than reformed to fit a specific set of beliefs or values.
Ava sees a portion of this reality later that night, when she is searching for a sign from above that she is supposed to be the next Warrior Nun. God—or perhaps another otherworldly being—seemingly speaks to her when she sees water dripping atop a nun statue. A statue whose head is bordered by a halo. The nun appears to be crying as the water drips down her face. Ava takes this as some kind of sign, likely something positive. However, it’s also possible to analyze this in a variety of ways. The water dripping on the nun could be seen as a non-Earth entity quite literally crying out to Ava, telling her this is the path she must walk down. But it also hints at the later pain she and those who grow close to her may feel as her Warrior Nun role expands. It’s unclear what this sign means right away, or if it’s even a sign at all. But it does seem to underscore the reality of religious ideas throughout the series, even if that reality is one that lacks surety for Ava.
Then, Ava finally gets a chance to try living like a true Warrior Nun for the OCS would. Using her Halo powers, Ava discovers that someone within the town is possessed by a Wraith Demon. She quickly informs Mary, knowing from her stories that this means major trouble for the town if the Demon’s presence were to spread even more misery. Mary guides Ava though an exorcism process that is anything but the typified reliefs used by priests in usual religious works. Instead of holy water and a crucifix, Ava uses her fists. In a creative fight sequence that involves using slabs of meat as weapons, Ava manages to best the Wraith Demon out of its victim, killing it with a knife. In terms of her character, Ava’s willingness to step in and defeat a Wraith Demon shows she truly does have a fight in her that can be employed through her new religious circumstances. Even though she thought she wanted to run away with the Halo, Ava realizes how much she can do for people other than herself with the power she now holds. She comes to the realization that, even without trying to twist the religious artifact in her back toward personal purposes, she can still do something that makes her personally happy. That is, saving others from threats only she can see.
But the fight also feels like the final major confirmation for the audience that everything religious in Warrior Nun is based in reality. When Ava kills the Wraith Demon, she does so by stabbing it with a divinium-laced knife. The fact that she was able to kill the creature using a physical object makes it entirely clear that the religious aspects of Warrior Nun are real. Not only that, but they play off one another in a way that makes sense and ties everything about the show’s central conflict back into religion. This scene tells the audience point-blank that, yes, the religious elements of the series are real. However, Ava killing the Demon using divinium—a holy metal that does not exist in any real religious belief system—hints at how the religious elements of Warrior Nun are not always what they seem. While they are real, that doesn’t mean they always correspond to the reality of religion as portrayed in Christianity. Instead, Warrior Nun’s religious reality is unique to itself.
After killing the Wraith Demon, Ava decides to stick around the town for a few days. She’s assured by Mary that it’s unlikely more are there, but it’s decided that Ava will stay for a bit. While it appears Mary won’t force Ava to come back to the OCS, it’s clear this is because Mary sees the way Ava has changed as inevitably leading her into her Warrior Nun position. This is made all the more potent at the very end of the episode, when she leaves in a car that’s arrived to town. The driver is none other than Beatrice, who asks if Ava will be “ready” to take on her destined duties soon. Mary assures her that she will be before the episode ends. And Mary appears to be right. By killing the Wraith Demon, Ava showed that she wants to help people with her powers if she can. While she didn’t understand how best to do so when she got ambushed in Episode 4, her newfound knowledge thanks to Mary means she can better embrace her new role as the Warrior Nun in a way that ensures her future has a definite purpose.
This is further reflected by the episode title, Isaiah 30:20-21: “And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, ‘This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.’” (King James Version). Essentially, this passage of the Bible underscores the idea of being given a path that one can walk by a teacher who can guide one down said path. In the context of Warrior Nun, this passage describes what Mary did for Ava by making her see the reality of her religious duties now that she wields the Halo. Ava has now been given a clear choice when it comes to how she can use the Halo’s powers. She could still run away if she chooses. However, now that she’s become directly embroiled in helping people with her powers, it appears she will no longer be fleeing from her duties.
Episodes 5 and 6 reflect the personal journey Ava goes on surrounding her evolution from flight to fight using the show’s religious themes. Instead of running from the reality of her new religious responsibilities, Ava learns to embrace them because of the good she can now enact upon the world. Much like how she returned to the orphanage to stop Sister Frances in Episode 4, Ava’s decision to stay in the town to search for more danger reflects who she truly is deep down. She may want to run from her responsibilities on the surface. But, once she is able to embrace the reality of her new, religious role, Ava wants to use the Halo to help others. Something she further embraces in a more true, honest fashion throughout the second half of Season 1.
TO BE CONTINUED
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