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Lestat's frown deepens. “My God, Louis!” he says. “I am not some petty voyeur. My motives are noble. My heart is unselfish. Frankly this is an act of chivalry. Please take off your pants.”
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28 Oct 2025
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The kid is in his twenties, which is a relief, at least. Not technically a kid at all. He’d been expecting much worse. After all, the words that O’Malley had used danced neatly around the idea of a scandal. If it were any other cardinal, this wouldn’t be much of a scandal in the first place—so long as it didn’t get out, of course. But it’s just so… absurd.
or: A young man comes to Rome confessing to an affair with a cardinal. As Secretary of State, Aldo's on clean-up duty.
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13 Sep 2025
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The farmer may treasure his fattest calf, all plump on its rump and with the sweetest mewling. The farmer may pet it, soothe it, bring it into his arm in a gentle, paternal embrace—until the calf forgets itself, believing itself to be a man, a son. Yet no amount of pretence lasts forevermore.
Eventually, the son will return. Not even a prodigal one, but the true protégé.
When he does, the farmer will once more stroke the underbelly of the calf with worn, gentle hands before leading it to the butcher’s knife. A slaughter to celebrate the return of his son.
Aldo looks upon his butcher.
Tedesco gazes back.(Following the end of the conclave, Tedesco reveals his knowledge of Aldo’s secret to him. Aldo finds himself to be a docile beast led to the butcher’s hand.)
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24 Jul 2025