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[extramuralise]

[ Granted, the urgency at the time had been spread out over the two (or so) weeks people were either jailed or kidnapped, but still, that doesn't change the fact Irving is tremendously relieved to finally hear from him. ]

Thank God.

[ Not a blasphemy, in this case. ]

Are you all right Thomas?

[shavedaway]

I'm not the worst off. I just need a few good meals and some rest. Less than I needed when I first arrived, certainly.

[extramuralise]

That's quite a relief to hear. I'm glad for it.

Do you need anything? You or Mr Day?

[shavedaway]

Stephen's more shaken than I am, I think. But no, we don't need anything.

[ after a small delay-- ]

I am now more certain than ever that we are in some sort of purgatory, and less sure that we're safe from the pit.

[extramuralise]

No. I fear we're not safe from anything here. Body, soul, mind, and heart.

[shavedaway]

You don't mean it how I mean it.
I can't think of any explanation for what's happened other than the true devils got in and tried to take us.

[extramuralise]

I have been saying as much from the start, haven't I?

If this city's not a part of Hell itself, then it's surely still as God-forsaken as either Sodom or Gomorrah had been.

[shavedaway]

We've had different experiences John.
You can't truly believe that everything I've been granted is God-forsaken.
This was something different.

[extramuralise]

Everything we've both been granted.

But no, of course not all of it. Surely you can still acknowledge, however, how hard-won is any good that does come.

[shavedaway]

It was hard won before we arrived. I've not hard to work very hard for it here. It feels very much like I've been rewarded, as much as it don't feel that way for you.

[extramuralise]

You misunderstand me, Thomas. I don't feel as though I'm being punished.

[ Not as such, anyway. Not anymore. ]

There is much for which I am grateful here, now.