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[He can't ignore it anymore....]

Okay, what's with the fucking financial talk? Normal people don't even like thinking about finances unless they're filthy rich or work in the field.

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Well, there you have it... I used to work in that field. I used to think so much about money and finances and investments that it was all I talked about to anyone.

On the positive, I made quite a bit of money... enough to retire comfortably... before I became a priest.

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[This answers one question and raises so many others.]

How the fuck do you go from finance to being a priest? That's an even bigger leap than the jump from porn to death costs.

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It's more like I went back to my roots than leapt from finance to priesthood.

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[Roots, huh.]

So you grew up in a religious household?

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That's right.

A very, very religious household.

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What was that like?

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[ What was it like?

Vincent can say with confidence he was lucky to not have been born special. Their households were worse than his. Not that spared him the psychological, emotional, or physical abuse but it could have been much worse. It could have been like the children at Wish House. They simply disappeared without anyone caring. No one would look for them and if numbers were off from what they were before, no one said anything.

There was an article written about the treatment of some of the children, but the reporter soon disappeared. Vincent believes the Order had something to do with it, and can only imagine the torturous existence that man lived before his end.

But for him, what was it like?

He keeps it to himself -- not because he feels ashamed or wants to protect his parents' good name, but because he doesn't want to be pitied. He doesn't want to be sympathized with; he doesn't want someone to look down on him because he was treated poorly when he was young.

What right do they have to do that to him? What right do they have to feel sorry for him?! What right do any of them have to treat him like his life was a pitiable existence?! ]

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About the same for anyone else with religious parents, I suppose.

Occasionally stifling and irritating with threats of going to Hell mixed in.

brb inadvertantly giving Vincent a ptsd episode

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[Is that what it's like having religious parents? God, how annoying.]

Growing up religious sounds shitty.

[Yes, he is aware he's saying that to a priest.]

it's fiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne he says grinding his teeth

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They certainly can make life more difficult than it needs to be.

But enough on that... regardless of my upbringing, I chose to be a priest.

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Why?

[A really blunt question, but it doesn't seem like it's worth it, in his opinion.]

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Why?

Because I love God and feel more comfortable in the Order than out of it.

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[.... Huh, wait.]

The Order...? I assumed you were Catholic or Christian or something. Or is that just the name of your sect, or whatever the fuck it's called?

[Religion is not his strong suit.]

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Guess there is no point in hiding it.

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We do ... hide ourselves by pretending to be Catholic... but we are our own religion.

A cult, if you will.

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[He can't be serious.]

Okay, now you're really just fucking with me.

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Again, why would I?

I thought about lying but I have a few people here who would call me out on it.

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That's an insane thing to openly admit. 'Cult' isn't a term people usually give positive connotations to.

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It's a religious organization not openly accepted or recognized by the government of my world. Cult is unfortunately the word to use but if you ask me, it is the one true religion of my world.

My god exists and I have witnessed Her glory. But trying to explain that to anyone from any other religious group and they call me insane...

So there is no point in covering up what outsiders believe. That's what I mean.

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[One true religion sounds like a wild claim....]

What do you mean, you've witnessed Her glory?

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I've seen miracles.