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“If it is a devil you seek, then it is a devil you shall have!”

“I am the shepherd and I am the slayer. I am life and I am death!”

“If it is a witch they want,” she hissed, “then a witch they shall have.”

“Why does her mother not ask the Christ God to heal her child?”
“She has. We all have. Many, many, prayers.”
“And this Christ God does nothing?”
Abitha shrugged. “We shall see. Sometimes God helps, sometimes He does not.”
Samson shook his head. “They need a better god.”

“Your god, he is a slayer.”

“You speak often of gods and devils. What is the difference?”
“That’s easy,” Abitha said. “Gods are benevolent, looking over their flock in return for their devotion. Devils vex and torment.”
“And what if it is not that simple?” Samson asked. “Can a god be both slayer and shepherd? Reward and vex? Does your god do only good?”

“Mind your own houses!” Abitha cried. “You are all naught but a gaggle of clucking cunts!”

LOLOLOL PHENOMENAL 10/10