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  1. Rec 10

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    Faith, not merely of different creeds, but arrived at by different convictions, had brought them each to meet on this battlefield. Faith, mingling into something mutually carved, would carry them forward from it.

    In searching for an answer to the question of what their purpose is meant to be, Yusuf and Nicolo entwine their souls.

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  2. Rec 77

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    In the sniper's nest, Nicky is both the priest and the executioner. Even immortals need a confessional.

    (Or, how Andy dies.)

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    "Tell me, why did you come? Why did you join these invaders? To kill? You don't seem so…" Yusuf considered his next words. "Empty inside," he finished.

    "I was called. By God. I was a priest, but I knew I could do more with a sword than with words and blessings. I came to protect pilgrims. That's why I'm here."

    "Are you?"

    Nicolo glared and crossed his arms.

    "A priest. What sin are you repenting that you had to devote your whole life to God?"

    "What?" Nicolo snapped, suddenly hating Yusuf very much.

    "What is so dark and terrible," Yusuf said, leaning close--much too close--to Nico, "that you had to run so far?"

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    12 Sep 2025

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    They got hitched sometime in autumn, somewhere between Antioch and Baghdad.

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    It is the Year of Our Lord 1096. Nicolò di Genova, a pious cleric seeking forgiveness for his sins, takes up the Cross on an armed pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

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    07 Sep 2025