How soon we forget

Attendance at yesterday's service dropped off significantly from previous weeks, and I didn't get the usual barrage of questions about the end of the world like I had been getting. Either people are seeking answers elsewhere or they're losing their fear. I expected it to happen eventually, but not this quickly. After all, we still haven't caught the parties responsible for recent events, and we've found no sign of the missing women. On the one hand, I don't want people to let their guards down because there is still a real danger out there, but on the other hand, I don't want everyone to live in fear all the time either.