"Even if you can forgive what they did to you," Cain continues, "What if they do it again to another? Think of the others you're trying to save... The danger you've put them in... It's not right spirit. It's not just."
His voice is silky smooth, almost seductive, making his words sound so reasonable: like the Serpent in the Garden of Eden, Helena imagines.
"What would you have me do?" The Radiant asks him in her gentle voice, still calm, still musical even tinged with sadness.
"Isn't it obvious? Give them to me. And I will exact the punishment that God would not. Give them to me, and I will spare the lives of all those under your protection."
When the Radiant speaks it is to utter one simple word, deafening in it's simplicity: "No."
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"Even if you can forgive what they did to you," Cain continues, "What if they do it again to another? Think of the others you're trying to save... The danger you've put them in... It's not right spirit. It's not just."
His voice is silky smooth, almost seductive, making his words sound so reasonable: like the Serpent in the Garden of Eden, Helena imagines.
"What would you have me do?" The Radiant asks him in her gentle voice, still calm, still musical even tinged with sadness.
"Isn't it obvious? Give them to me. And I will exact the punishment that God would not. Give them to me, and I will spare the lives of all those under your protection."
When the Radiant speaks it is to utter one simple word, deafening in it's simplicity: "No."