JESSA (looks up) It’s almost funny. F...

JESSA

(looks up)

It’s almost funny.

For me, this all just started out of teenage rebellion.

The idea that you should always question

everyone and everything.

That what my parents

and my government believe in

was completely contradictory

to the belief of loving thy neighbor and

looking out for one another,

which the holy book claimed was what you wanted.

I don’t HATE you.

I just hate the people who claim to represent you.

Who kill, who steal, who rape, who suppress,

all in the name of Jesus Christ.

The other revolutionaries wouldn’t like me saying it,

but I do love the idea of loving thy neighbor.

I wish that after you died,

there would be more to look forward to

with your loved ones in the afterlife,

but how can that be reconciled with Imperial law?

I’d rather burn forever for fighting for what is right

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