I desire mercy, not sacrifice. I remember this line, and I remember Lucy wrote that for mercy, you could also read loyalty or love. I desire mercy, not sacrifice. What I gave to Lucy was a sacrifice, not burnt and bloodied like a slaughtered cow, but a sacrifice. I said, “Here, take a gift in exchange for the pain I’ve caused you, take a bought thing in exchange for the hurt in your heart.” Lucy, like her God, desires mercy, loyalty, love. She doesn’t want my burnt offering.
