[Salt, saline and the way that his breathing gets off track. However long ago this must have been, it casts a long, cold shadow on John's life. It's emotion as well as motivation. Matt's circle of friends is tight and small. He has put them at risk. Was it for all eternity? No, the peril is real. And his heart starts to splinter between pity, anger and sympathy. The mug is what he grips to.]
Why? You should--you can be saved if you ask.
[God he can say more than that but thinking it through, trying to process this with what he has been taught and holds to be truth.]
Repent and do penance. Is that not--can you do that?
[Listen if one is an idiot they both are. Matt is fighting through emotion, almost choking on it.]
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Why? You should--you can be saved if you ask.
[God he can say more than that but thinking it through, trying to process this with what he has been taught and holds to be truth.]
Repent and do penance. Is that not--can you do that?
[Listen if one is an idiot they both are. Matt is fighting through emotion, almost choking on it.]