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Expectations

She fell back, onto her knees,
I laughed,
Her arms out stretched,
Her fingers tense,
Her hands shaking,
As I stepped forward, she let out a gasp,
Falling back, squeezing the cross in her grasp,
I laughed,
What did you expect?
Me to turn to ash?
I laughed,
She cried,
She sounded inarticulate, her head a single nod,
I laughed as she cried, praying to her god.