Bad Blood Page #4

from the EC to plant a shrub.

- An asphodel.

- What's an asphodel?

Well, Doctor...

Asphodelus Bento Rainhae,

the famous asphodel

of the Gardunha Mountains

known for its therapeutic qualities.

That goes straight

into the soup-pot here!

A broth,

to build up your strength...

and ward off evil spirits...

There are lots of stories out there,

aren't there?

It must be strange for you,

always hearing weird stuff.

I rarely hear anyone

saying anything at all,

and all the while people seem

to live shut up in their own world

and we're not included.

That's because you're a professor,

Professor.

So?

You've dedicated

your whole life to biology,

you think like a man of science.

Just like you.

And don't think I don't feel

confused at times.

The first story I ever heard

was the one about the nuns.

- Remember, Antnio?

- Yes, yes.

- What was wrong with them?

- Nothing.

To me, it's straightforward.

But imagine a bishop and other church

big-shots going into a convent patio

and seeing all the nuns going crazy.

They looked mad...

crying out, moaning...

I'm not sure if you get my drift.

Young women, without men...

But that's only what I say...

Do you want to know what the people

of the village say about the scandal?

It's the work of the Devil...

Seems like the Devil

has broad shoulders here.

I can see anyone coming

from Lisbon to this hole

finding it a bit strange.

Lus is talking here,

but he's from here.

He knows very well

some things aren't so clear-cut.

Folklore, Antnio!

Legends told to infants

to send them to sleep early!

But tell me another one...

Tell him the one about them catching

the witches, that's a great one.

You're laughing, Professor?

- They hunted down many like that...

- Go on, go on, I don't know it...

This is a very old one.

Witches weren't like demons that

rode on brooms and all that stuff.

Witches were women

from the village...

who, for unknown reasons,

took to the path of evil.

And do you know how they realized

they could catch them?

Listen to this, this is great.

At the end of the mass,

the priest asks the faithful

to go in the peace of God

and closes the Holy Book.

Then, people began to realize...

that if by chance the priest

forgot to close the Holy Book...

...the witches never stood up.

So, you're here?

First of all, Father Cruz,

I apologize,

I don't know how

to behave in a church.

I don't understand...

I always forget to bless myself

when I come in, and things like that

and afterwards I think

it's a lack of respect.

A person who worries about that

never lacks respect for God.

- In that case, am I absolved?

- Completely.

Now I feel at ease to invite you

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