And two women reported back on what they had seen. The first, a young medical student named Jamie reported that she when had stared deeply in his eyes, there had grinned back at her a twisted, sardonic look of malice. It was like the pure condescension of a laughing jackal. He'd taken all she had lived and loved as the fantasies of a child. She'd likened his lips unto a serpent, poised to strike.
As Jamie finished her report, Amanda stood up and said, "No no no, you must have been mistaken, for I was with him all last night, and yes, we wrestled those serpents you've mentioned, but all the while, I seen them in my own mirror. And it was only when I was wailing and he was clenching me tight by the wrists that I looked up into his eyes and saw an ocean of gold: compassion breaking forth in waves. And behind the crown of his lopsided head was a kind of glimmering light issuing a halo.
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