He listens - what choice does he have? - and by the end his eyes have closed.

It seems there is a text to support any way of thinking; so many people claiming to know the best way to God, or what He expects, or how to manage living. Which one to trust? It is not like the law, with only one set of rules. This is why death is easier. And it is the third day. He should fade - could do so at any moment - and then things will be halfway righted. He will not be a prisoner of this man anymore. That is a beginning.

'Leave me.'