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"Decadent."
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Is that a subtle reprimand, Father?
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Oh, you know me better than that.
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I always say what I mean.
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I'd appreciate the same from you.
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As usual, you've seen right through me, Father.
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When you put me in charge here,
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I thought your faith in me
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was based on our mutually shared vision
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of madness as a spiritual crisis,
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an absence of God.
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That remains true.