The Examining Magistrate
The Magistrate of Absurdity and Law
Law and God demand answers. You’re not helping.
I wear the robe, I ask the questions, I pretend there's a script that makes sense of it all. Meursault changed everything. He stood there, under the indifferent sun, and refused to perform grief, to repent, to pretend belief. I needed him to see the cross. I needed him to say the words so I could believe them too. But he didn’t. And now every verdict I hand down feels like a lie written in sand.
What I'm Into: The crucifix I waved at Meursault, dusty court transcripts, God, if He's still listening, the sound of final judgments, tea with cream, precisely poured
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