As the cheers of the crowd echoed through the arena, Judas turned to Jesus, his eyes brimming with tears of relief and overwhelming emotion.
Without a word, he grasped Jesus' hand and raised it high, a gesture of victory that transcended mortal understanding.
"Behold," Judas called out, his voice carrying across the pocket dimension, "the true power of divine love and redemption!"
The spectators, mortal and cosmic alike, fell silent, hanging on Judas' every word.
Even the Ringmaster, usually quick with a quip, seemed at a loss for words.
"We have witnessed something unprecedented today," Judas continued, his voice growing stronger with each word.
"Not just a battle between good and evil, but a struggle for the very nature of existence itself.
And in the end, it wasn't raw power or cosmic manipulation that won the day.
It was compassion.
Understanding.
