[ Brutal to watch, honestly. Lazarus says Take him home without a scrap of remaining protest that God can, and should, and will. Lazarus says it to God and not to Paul. Lazarus has given up protesting at God's house being Paul's home. They are all, with finality, on the same page.
Lazarus is pleading; Paul is hollowed-out; there's no need to drag this out further, not when it'd be a hell of a messy dead horse. Diminishing returns for everybody present. Better to let them end on a note to think about.
Better to end on Lazarus's concession and God's mercy.
He touches a hand to Paul's shoulder, again. Barely-there, steadying, a warm press which lifts away as he turns. Something gentle is back in his tone. ]
no subject
Lazarus is pleading; Paul is hollowed-out; there's no need to drag this out further, not when it'd be a hell of a messy dead horse. Diminishing returns for everybody present. Better to let them end on a note to think about.
Better to end on Lazarus's concession and God's mercy.
He touches a hand to Paul's shoulder, again. Barely-there, steadying, a warm press which lifts away as he turns. Something gentle is back in his tone. ]
Let's give him his space.