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In between worlds, there is a bar.
In the bar, at the moment, there is a woman sitting at a table. She's scribbling in a notebook. Extant phrases include "abortion=surrogacy?" and "add sterile mosquitos to malarial areas"
the Second Coming comes to Gilead
He does not recognize Christina from the television!
"Who the fuck are you and why are you in my house?"
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She flips the light switch on with one hand, propping the baby against her hip with the other.
He recognizes Christina from the television!
"Um. I'm sorry, ma'am-- I didn't know you were here-- what do you need? I can wake Rose--"
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"The reason I'm here at this hour is so as to not wake Rose, I offered to mind the baby tonight so she could get some sleep. Do you usually scream at her like that?"
"Uh-- that's very nice of you, ma'am, but Rose doesn't need help with the baby, she's just slothful. I'm sorry she lied to you like that."
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"She didn't lie to me, I offered because I noticed she wasn't getting enough sleep. Now answer. The question."
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"I can tell when you're lying," she informs him flatly, and turns and leaves.
Possibly he should have considered not lying to a deity!
"I'm sorry-- forgive me-- I didn't know what I was doing--"
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"You damn well knew what you were doing when you shouted profanities at your wife because the baby is a baby. Babies scream."
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"Good morning," Christina says, still rocking the baby, when Rose wakes up.
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"...I've been trying all night to think of a delicate way to say this and I can't. Why did you marry that man? He seems...unpleasant."
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"He was the first man who asked and if I turned him down I was concerned I wouldn't get another."
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"Because I'm ugly and lazy and a bad cook and same-sex-attracted and barely fertile and I cry a lot and have a history of self-harm and suicide attempts."
It sounds like a well-rehearsed list.
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"You're not ugly," she asserts immediately. "I guess the other things might present a barrier to marriage. Do you actually value being married in and of itself?"
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"I'm incapable of financially supporting myself, and women are supposed to get married."
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"If it's just practical concerns, I can make sure those are taken care of."
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"It's immoral to divorce except for sexual immorality, and he has never committed adultery."
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"It's--look, sexual ethics change a lot with birth control. Divorcing him is fine."
