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"Divine intervention seemed like a long shot, honestly. God had folk packing into his churches and filling up his collection plates and living by his Twelve Virtues every saint's day, and as far as she could tell he rarely stepped in on their behalf, so the chances of him sending down an angel for a faithless piece of shit like her must've been close to nil. But she kept saying the words even so."

'"Honestly, Your Grace..." There had been a time, not so very long ago, when Brother Diaz would have fumbled for a self-serving falsehood, but frankly his heart wasn't in it any more. "I've no idea."'

"This is how it goes. Start the evening looking for fun, end the morning begging forgiveness."