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Slowly!

June, let's go. l'm scared.

Wait.

l'm going.

June, let's go.

Leave about five feet or so.

Put it parallel to the wall.

- There!

- Okay.

I was at a house

in the village this week.

- Here in Astigarraga?

- Yes.

Sometimes I get asked to go

to the wake of a deceased relative.

So, I was at one of those.

I got to the house,

and we're there,

the family and a few neighbours,

when, suddenly,

as we were finishing the prayers,

the dead body sat bolt upright

in the coffin.

- What? The dead man?

- It was a shock...

Yes, yes.

The shock of our lives. Yes.

You know priests can't lie,

don't you?

I wish I was lying,

but it gave us such a shock.

Then we had to lie him down again

after taking his pulse.

No more praying.

- And he didn't get up again?

- No, not again.

We shut the lid

and off to the cemetery.

But what a scare he gave us.

The deceased finished the prayer.

- Wow...

- That's what happened.

I've never heard of that before.

Things like that do happen.

The people who work

in the care home

have seen that a few times.

- Strange things.

- He sat up but didn't say anything?

What could he say?

He was dead.

I bet he didn't like

what we were doing.

Must have been an atheist.

Like you.

That could almost be a miracle.

No, because he was dead.

lf the body had

come back to life,

it would've been dif ferent.

Okay, okay.

Lately,

I've been overcome by a white light.

A powerful light,

a light which blinds me.

l see it coming towards me.

I see it all the time,

it follows me.

I try...

I try to get it away from me,

to make it leave,

but it's always there.

I don't know what to do.

When? During the day? At night?

All the time.

All the time,

a white, white light.

coming from above,

coming from in front,

coming towards me,

I try not to look at it,

I try shutting my eyes,

but no,

it's still there, with me.

All day.

You should see a doctor.

What for?

So he can tell me l'm crazy?

No, because you can't live with that.

I can see it there now.

lt's white,

and coming towards me.

At times it seems as if

it's above me.

And it gets blurred.

It's something that

stalks me all day.

If you like,

you could see a healer.

A healer? No, no.

No.

Some people go for their nerves...

if they're nervous

after seeing things...

they go to the healer.

There's one in lkaztegieta.

I could go with you.

But the thing is...

Nerves? No, it's not nerves,

because this is...

this is a quiet place.

But the light...

I can see it.

I can see it now.

I can see it.

It's constant. lt's...

lt's... lt's something

I can't explain.

But I'm the only one who sees it.

Wherever I look,

it's all light.

In bed,

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