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BOTH OF THEM WORN THIN AND BRUISED BLACK, HUNCHED OVER SYSTEMS THEY DO NOT EVEN PRETEND TO COMPREHEND. DISMANTLING THEM ONE CLUMSY KEYSTROKE AT A TIME. BOTH CLINGING TO THE BRINK OF EXHAUSTION. SLEEP JUST AN UNHAPPY MEMORY. THEY HAVE BLED AND LOST AND CRIED AND SCREAMED. SO MUCH OF WHAT THEY WERE STRIPPED BACK TO GLEAMING BONE. BUT THEN HE GLANCES UP AND FINDS HER STARING AT HIM, HER TIRED BLUE EYES, RINGED IN SHADOWS, ON HIS. AND HE WINKS. AND THAT FADED BLUE CATCHES FIRE AS HER SMILE BLOOMS BRIGHT. AND BLOOD AND LOSS AND TEARS AND SCREAMS DO NOT MATTER ANYMORE, BECAUSE AT LEAST THEY ARE
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DO YOU STILL BELIEVE IN GOD, SYRA? AFTER EVERRTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED? BOLL, Syra: Especially after everything that’s happened. AIDAN: THERE IS A DECISION THEORY EXERCISE I ALWAYS FOUND QUITE ENTERTAINING. IT IS CALLED PASCAL’S WAGER. DO YOU KNOW IT? BOLL, Syra: Of course. AIDAN: PASCAL REASONED THERE WAS NO SENSE IN NOT BELIEVING IN A HIGHER POWER. AIDAN: IF ONE BELIEVES, AND GOD EXISTS, ONE IS REWARDED AMONG THE FAITHFUL IN THE HEREAFTER. IF GOD DOES NOT EXIST, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT ONE BELIEVES EITHER WAY. BUT IF ONE DOES NOT BELIEVE, AND GOD DOES EXIST, ETERNAL DAMNATION AWAITS.
