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[marcato]

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<saturnschild>

[marcato]

Were you being merciful?

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

Now you are a veritable jester, Monseigneur. Do not insult me so!

<saturnschild>

[marcato]

[Pause.]

Surely you wouldn't leave a stricken man to die in the dirt. You'd finish the job.

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

I killed him because in that moment, upon that late November evening, he enticed me.

I did not see him expire.

I did not wait at his side.

I did not return to collect him from the stinking, stained dirt.

Do you understand me, now? Do not tell me what I would not do. You are wrong.

<saturnschild>

[marcato]

[He likes this answer. It's unexpected, but in a way that he finds thrilling. Dizzying.]

Be careful with your words, Javert. It sounds to me like you've admitted to killing a monster for the thrill of it.

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

Tell me something.

Is it common for the vampires of Ryslig to produce whelps from their bites?

<saturnschild>

[marcato]

You tell me, my fellow priest. I'm not biting anyone.

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

His body was not yet changed when I killed him. He is quite thoroughly changed now, into another one like me.

If Madame Fog wishes to use me in this way, who am I to protest?

[marcato]

You couldn't. It would be blasphemous.

I wish I could've seen your evolution up close, dearest Javert. But I'll gladly settle for the aftermath.

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

You would be sorely disappointed. I remain the same as I have always been, without the denial.

<saturnschild>

[marcato]

The denial was an essential element, like a shadow obscuring your true self. Now you have different shadows.

Tell me more about November.

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

You are a clever one. Surely you gathered much of the details by now.

<saturnschild>

[marcato]

Of course I know the details, Javert. I saw it unfold.

I want to know why you did it.

<PasUnPolicier>

[inseine]

Because they deserved it. As did I.