Late to Church

[old_man_acht]

The boundary around the church feels spun-glass fragile, but still there is power enough here to make Acht's teeth ache. This has been rebuilt after being broken, he thinks as he picks his way carefully over the sleet-strewn ice, and the rubble nearer to the church only serves to confirm his suspicions.

He keeps to the shelter of the trees, his hands clenched in his pockets. The cold is almost unbearable, but for Lara's sake, he will bear it and watch.

This is the place. He has only to remember the priest's stricken face in the headlamps of his car to know that this is the place.

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[old_man_acht]

The Bibles are heavy in Acht's arms. The stairs are steep, and the light is behind them. "We are too old for repentance."

[come_to_spoil_everything]

Risei sighs, shakes his head lightly as he carries Lara toward the car. "Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry."