"Now I know why we got along so infamously." It was the Agent's turn to be a bit sly.

He took a sip of the coffee, cleared his throat and continued. "And the church isn't there. It's been torn down."

Another mouthful of pancake. Deductive reasoning made him hungry. "If you think about it... Whoever figured out was going on could've counteracted the effects with spells and magical artifacts, and dropped a gigantic belief system right on top of it."