am Catholic,” she says. “But I also think what it means to be Catholic should be able to change. That it should change.” That’s it? “Nobody believes in it all. Except maybe priests. And who would actually want to be a priest?” “I would,” Lucy says, looking at me out of the corner of her eye. “You can’t,” I tell her, shrugging. “You’re a girl.” She stares at me. “I know that,” she says with a hint of hurt. “Obviously, I know that.” I feel myself shrink, embarrassed for throwing that in her face so offhandedly. “You could do other things, though,” I say, trying to recover. “You could be a nun,
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