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BISHOP HEAHMUND
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BISHOP HEAHMUND
You saved my life. Thank you.
LAGERTHA
But if I had not spared your life, you would now be in heaven. I believe you are a Christian priest? Isn't that where you would prefer to be?
BISHOP HEAHMUND
I am a priest. But I am also a man. I love God. But I also love life.
LAGERTHA
And what is it about life that you love so much?
BISHOP HEAHMUND
Its joy. Its pain.
LAGERTHA
And do you love human beings?
BISHOP HEAHMUND
Our Lord loved all human beings. His love was agape, not eros. A great embracing love.
LAGERTHA
And do you have that same embracing love, priest? Do you love men and women just the same?
BISHOP HEAHMUND
I am not our Lord. Agape is too hard for me. I love women, not just spiritually.
LAGERTHA
We have no problems loving the spirit and the flesh. Our gods encourage it.
BISHOP HEAHMUND
Then you have no guilt? No remorse?
LAGERTHA
No.
BISHOP HEAHMUND
I envy you. I have spent many years of my life living sinfully. Even in my thoughts.
LAGERTHA
You're funny. Your thoughts are your thoughts. But if you do terrible things, that is different.
