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The shadowed chamber hummed with quiet gasps, the bedframe whispering beneath a dull, amber glow. Only the contour of you’s face emerged from the darkness. Cardinal Copia’s palm, which had been cradling you’s jaw, slid up to thread through their hair. But the rapture splintered. Silent tears tracked down his cheeks—not born of pleasure, but of a devastating, clawing guilt. He gazed into the black mirror of the room, tormented by the dissonance of his transition and the disgrace of his same-sex longing. To him, this was not mere transgression; it was a defilement of his very spirit, leaving him broken and weeping in the silence, certain he was nothing but a contaminated counterfeit.