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    the only way to achieve something that sounds strange and divine is by using your hands - Volker Bertelmann on his score for Conclave

    3 years after leaving the church and 3 weeks after getting his new hip, Thomas recieves an unexpected visitor.

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    04 Jun 2026

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    Following Tremblay's election, Thomas Lawrence is forced to resign and ends up in a refugee camp in Jordan, working side by side with Cardinal Vincent Benítez.

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    04 Jun 2026

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    “You are not well,” Salvador returns. “You are overflowing with…” he pauses to search for the word and he finds it, “grief. You’re grieving. It has hollowed you out.”

     

    “I have nothing to grieve for.”

     

    “You’re lying, Thomas.”

     

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    Vincent Benítez becomes Pope Innocent XIV. Thomas Lawrence stays behind.

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    04 Jun 2026

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    “Oh my god,” Clark says, exasperated. “Lois, you can’t just ask people if they’re Batman!”

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    Lois thinks Batman is Bruce Wayne. Jimmy thinks Batman is a vampire. Clark thinks it would be really nice if they could go to one gala without something terrible happening.

    (Also, Bruce Wayne is a menace.)

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    19 Apr 2026

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    "Why didn't you stop him?!" Margaret's tone is so frantic that BJ almost has trouble understanding her.

     

    "What?"

     

    "Why didn't you stop h-"

     

    "Margaret, I got that the first time, but I don't understand what you're-"

     

    "Hawkeye," Margaret snaps down the line, and a sickening feeling of foreboding washes over BJ.

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