[The idiots trying to kill each other part is exactly why he wants to be here in the chapel where it's safe and quiet. He prays the others will at least respect the Lord's house and leave this place for healing. Silly thought, he knows, but he couldn't bear it if someone used the chapel to execute violence.]
No. [That's all he says for a long moment, uncertain if she even wants to hear more or if he is brave enough to admit how sinful he is aloud.] No, this is a punishment.
[He lets out a breath, too soft to be a sigh exactly but if he hadn't trained himself for his entirely life not to express his emotions maybe it would have been. Then he looks back up at the cross and smiles faintly, the tiniest quirk of his lips.] But maybe I've done well here to have found this place.
in his experience everything hurts
No. [That's all he says for a long moment, uncertain if she even wants to hear more or if he is brave enough to admit how sinful he is aloud.] No, this is a punishment.
[He lets out a breath, too soft to be a sigh exactly but if he hadn't trained himself for his entirely life not to express his emotions maybe it would have been. Then he looks back up at the cross and smiles faintly, the tiniest quirk of his lips.] But maybe I've done well here to have found this place.