“Evil things. Ghosts. Dark spirits. Things from the Holy Book.”

“Is that what you think of us?” she asked. “You think we’re ‘dark spirits’? Is that why your people are so afraid of us?”

“We’re not afraid of you. We’re afraid for you. What do you think will happen to you after you die?”

“Nothing,” she scoffed. “I’ll be dead. Why? What do you think will happen?”

“You’ll be judged,” Nathaniel replied. “We all will. That’s what this life is all about. And if it turns out that we’ve led a good life, something good awaits us in the next.”

“And if not?”

“You’ll go to hell,” he replied. “And every...

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