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Dear Lawrence, can you accept this?" "Yes", he replies without looking up. "I think I can." "Even without the glad distractions of your phone or the internet." "It isn't going to be easy. But I have to accept that you have brought me here for my own good." "You will be struggling with this for a few days, as will some of the others. Prepare to be transformed. All of you. And you also, dear Caspar", he says to Caspar who is seated next to him. Jesus puts his arm around his shoulder. "You are already undergoing the greatest transformation. You have become, Caspar, fully human. And soon shall you be healed of your many painful memories." He is starting to tremble, and already there are tears rolling down his cheek. "Lord, I have sinned against you far and above all the others here. How can you possibly forgive me." "How can you possibly forgive yourself, my love, except by knowing my forgiveness of you", and here, the young Jesus enfolds him in a tight embrace...