[ it’s a silly question to ask about the books of the bible anyway, and dextera realizes that—his choice would probably be the old testament as well, any of it, all of it. the story of cain and abel is not a “favorite,” exactly, but it gives him a lot to think about, often. ]
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[ dextera flips through the book, and sure enough, the text of isaiah is sharp and clear with ryo’s memory of it. he runs his finger down one passage in particular. it’s one he remembers too well, and now, one he understands as a potential source of the archangel’s frustration. ]
See, the day of the Lord is coming —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger— to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it. The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light. I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins.
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[ dextera flips through the book, and sure enough, the text of isaiah is sharp and clear with ryo’s memory of it. he runs his finger down one passage in particular. it’s one he remembers too well, and now, one he understands as a potential source of the archangel’s frustration. ]
See, the day of the Lord is coming
—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened
and the moon will not give its light.
I will punish the world for its evil,
the wicked for their sins.