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The cathedral’s vaulted silence swallowed the final echoes of Father Donovan’s sermon. Candlelight danced across stained glass as he descended, his cassock brushing the cold stone. Parishioners drifted away, leaving him in the hushed aftermath. He moved to the confessional, fingers tracing his rosary, the heavy door groaning shut. Incense and aged wood filled the dim air. He slid open the partition, his voice a low rumble. “In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit… Speak, you. I am listening.”