JEANNE CATCH-ALL

[robopriest]

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[discernments]

I have always been a simple girl from the country first before anything else.

[ She keeps telling people this. ]

That will not change.

[ unless memloss happens ]

[robopriest]

I suppose so. And I appreciate it.

[A nod. Also beeguns at Ara.]

...I guess I'll ask, since I'm curious. Your position as a Saint...it really doesn't change the way you see yourself?

[discernments]

[ Jeanne is silent for a moment, and when she next speaks, her voice is quiet but clear and there is a noticeable weight to how she holds herself. ]

No, because I have never once considered myself a saint.

[robopriest]

[He's a bit surprised by that, but then his expression grows somber.]

And why is that?

[discernments]

I accept that it is something others call me.

[ It is a title and mantle that she will shoulder and wear, if it's what others need and want, but it has never been one she wanted. It has never been one that she thought was correct. ]

But I have committed too many sins.

[robopriest]

[hm]

And what sins are those? Are you the type that judges yourself more than others judge you?

[discernments]

Hansa, you know my history, don't you? How much blood do you think is on my hands?

You know the Ten Commandments.

[robopriest]

Haha.

[And his grin curves upward.]

So what? I've got blood on my hands, too. But its all right because its sanctified by the Church, right?

[The way he says it, its like he understands how terrible that statement is. He's fully aware of it.]

[discernments]

You know better than that.

[ She hears his tone, and she isn't going to entertain otherwise. ]

I chose a path of bloodshed. I won't excuse it for what it isn't.

[robopriest]

Haha. Do I?

[He continues smiling like a fox - his views on the Church, even as embedded as he is, aren't exactly clean-cut, pure.]

And what would you do, if you got the chance to do it all over?

[discernments]

Not everyone who believes in the same God share the same views or can agree with one another. After all, you know how I met my end.

[ It was those who believed, as she did, that burned her. ]

I would walk the same path. I do not believe my actions were a mistake.

[ Did she carve herself with sin? Yes, but she knew exactly what would happen the moment she set out from her small village. ]

[robopriest]

Of course I do. The Church itself is built on paradox. They preach justice and peace, and yet make a man like me.

[And that's the answer he expected.]

A sin...a mistake...I guess they can be two different things. The wrong thing to do, but the right thing to do at the same time.