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Coers, I ehed, "I am well"

Judah pulled back and wrapped his ar arden at the back of h, the na was a large columned white house, ostentatious in its interior decoration and vast in size It boasted e kitchen, all filled with expensive furnishings The landscaped gardens behind it seearden appealed to reenery It was a place I could escape from all the craziness of late

I was not sure I could do this

Was not sure I could do all that was expected of me

Hell, I was not sure I wanted to do this

I did not feel like a prophet I felt like a man who’d just had his heart ripped out and served to him on a platter And now I had an entire flock of people to lead I enty-four and had to lead an entire commune

I was so out ofthe worry in lorious of times, Cain Do not fear it This is the year you ascend to your rightful place ast our people The year you are introduced to the Chosen as our prophet, our Lord’s servant on Earth… our redeemer and savior This is the moment we have prepared for our entire lives You are meant to be here"

Judah stopped us and turned ave him was silence He coet up to speed He should be leading, not I

"I aht-hand uidance and support You are my twin; our bond is more than merely brotherly or one of blood We were one in our mother’s wolory as his ether I will do whatever you command I serve to please you, to help you share the burden of your quest as the twelve disciples did with Jesus Christ"

Judah was like a balm to me Always present to cal spent years with The Hang Mae so fiercely, I often felt that his efforts were a lost cause

I nodded and cupped his bearded cheeks, trying to reassure hi but "You are indeed correct, Judah This is our destiny I will not let you or our people down I a, and I know you will be there fortirinned hile I released a slow exhale "Bless you, Cain Bless you" With a friendly slap onleft to follow the cobblestoned gray path that transforreen land