<span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family:Open Sans">Arsène could tell the young man didn't agree with him, or the choices of the church.<br/>
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“It is not your place to decide. If we are lenient in these times, our carefully cultivated society would be overtaken by evil,” Arsène told him softly. He had his place and his duty. He would do no more and no less than what he believed is right.<br/>
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“It is for the greater good. Sin, and evil spread like the plague, and is just as much a threat.”<br/>
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Felix flinched from him when he reached for him, but it only seemed to come from surprise. He didn't burst into a fit, nor did his skin burn away and blister from his rosary. He took his hand away, satisfied that Felix was at least mostly in control of himself in that moment. Likely, he was himself and speaking truth. He sat back to listen, frowning as he explained his torment.<br/>
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“You carry a burden, but you will not have to carry it alone any longer. I will be here to assist by any means that I can,” Arsène assured. Truly, he didn't wish anyone to suffer. If he wasn't soft in that regard, likely he would have taken a different path within the church. There were certainly easier jobs, and he wasn't sure what he'd gotten himself into with the field work, but he trusted that this was the path meant for him. He watched as the young man curled in on himself, made uncomfortable in some way after answering him. Likely, some memories were best left forgotten, but Arsène needed to be aware of his condition in order to both help, and determine how to punish him.<br/>
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“Do you remember when you first realized that you were afflicted? Did you realize it when the evil took host to your body?” Arsène questioned, tipping his head inquisitively. Had Felix been cognizant of when he allowed sin to have him? There had to have been weakness for it to have been allowed to happen, but with the way he seemed to regard the church, he was not surprised, and some demons were more powerful than others. Even Arsène had reason to take precaution in some regard, and he was a man of solid constitution.<br/>
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“And what of you? Your life through all of this. You mentioned that you were a beggar. What were you before that, and what cause your path to take such a turn?” he continued, probing and trying to understand Felix better, and to steer away from conversation entirely of the church. He was to get to know Felix on a level more than that. He was more than just a priest in this instant. For some, he would become a companion along their journey, if they would allow it. The woman had wanted desperately to reconnect with God, but Felix did not seem to possess that desire, at least not yet. She was frightened. Felix was as well, he imagined, but likely more so of his death.<br/>
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“Please, make any requests of me known,” Arsène told him, knowing that he was going to have to wrap up soon. He only had so much time to initially meet everyone, and he still have one more to get to.</span></span>