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Passing through the door behind the altar, the Priest nodded at the choir members he encountered and even exchanged a few friendly words with them, smiling from time to time, until he led Brian and Yang Yi out of the church, through the graveyard behind it, and onto a patch of grass.
The Priest finally came to a stop, and then he whirled around abruptly.
At the moment the Priest turned, the kindly, benevolent Priest was gone, replaced by one whose face was now etched with cold frostiness.
With a grave expression, the Priest took off his black clerical robe and untied the white Roman collar around his neck, neatly placing the robe on a bench next to him.
Having done all this, the Priest looked up to the sky and took a deep breath, then he said in a deep voice, "The church is a holy place, you!"
