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No. 2's prayer asks the Author for mercy even as punishment falls, holding both together without resolving the tension between them. The expression No. 2 wears after rising is not relief, suggesting that carrying out judgment leaves its own mark on the one commanded to deliver it.

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No. 2's prayer asks the Author for mercy even as punishment falls, holding both together without resolving the tension between them. The expression No. 2 wears after rising is not relief, suggesting that carrying out judgment leaves its own mark on the one commanded to deliver it.