The camerlegno erupted through the doors of St. Peter's Basilica at exactly 11:56P. M. He staggered into the dazzling glare of the world spotlight, carrying the antimatter before him like some sort of numinous offering. Through burning eyes he could see his own form, half-naked and wounded, towering like a giant on the media screens around the square. The roar that went up from the crowd in St. Peter's Square was like none the camerlegno had ever heard -- crying, screaming, chanting, praying… a mix of veneration and terror.

Deliver us from evil, he whispered.

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