Third person POV
Meanwhile, Reina was praying with his rosary for forgiveness and guidance for his path of atonement. He was technically a Roman Catholic, but other than that, he is like that. Although, he was a pious one like a Pietist. He did all this for Gen, and often, he prayed for over 1 hour per prayer session, often repeating his lines.
However, he became skeptical about the Sedevacantist view of the papacy. He remembered sneaking out of the school compound during weekends to seek out other high church Protestant services, especially on Sundays after his school chapel hours. He saw the beauty of them: an Episcopal church with its alternative services and rejection of prayer to Mary and the saints, and a Lutheran one with the procession that prompted everyone to stand up as the processional cross passed by down the aisle and bow a bit.
He remembered getting caught occasionally by his SSPX teachers f0r sneaking out without permission.
He was only remorseful just for them to go away and did the sneaking out again and again while writing in his notebooks about the theology of Protestantism.
He would pray without the intercession of Mary and the saints at his parents' home in his room.
These middle school years are among the best for him.
He knew the trend of Gen-Zs becoming Catholic or Orthodox from secular atheism and low church Protestantism before the zombie outbreak.
He planned to do the reverse by converting to Protestantism though maybe keeping the rosary while stripping its doctrinal purposes.