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“I wish we could cherish this moment every day and night. I do not wish us to be torn apart again.”

and barth is like “no, it’s for the catholic guilt”

desire [/dɪˈzaɪər/]

(v.) to want something, especially strongly.

guilt [/ɡɪlt/]

(n.) a feeling of worry or unhappiness that you have because you have done something wrong, such as causing harm to another person.

surrender [/səˈrendər/]

like. tanrak looks at those statues as a child and it brings him comfort knowing eventually, one day, when he dies and goes to heaven, he can have that. in tanrak's mind, god will one day give him that loving, happy family that was so cruelly taken from him on earth. seeing it brings him comfort, even so many years later, because he still holds onto that faith and that belief that one day, he'll get that.

but barth looks at it and it makes him so upset and uncomfortable he has to walk out of the church. because when barth looks at it, he sees the thing god took from him. he sees a happy family that he doesn't get to have because of god. because god is what has driven a wedge between him and his parents, because their beliefs have made him an imperfect son in their eyes.