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What's going on here?

I came into the ward to wake him up.

Prepare two grams of chloral hydrate.

After the medicine works,

lock up the patient and don't let anybody in.

Tomorrow he will be taken in for leucotomy...

Where is the patient, how could he disappear?

But the key has always been with me!

Then somebody has a duplicate!

Come to my office early on your shift tomorrow.

Forgive me! Please!

Nobody should know about it. This has to stay a secret.

Where am I?

Do you think I'll know it?

Yes, it used to be yours.

All this time I wasted trying to catch up with you?

You'll thank me afterwards... Close your eyes.

I feel a little uncomfortable not being able to see anything...

That's why I'll open my eyes in 5 seconds!

Now in four...

three,

two,

one.

I hope the forest will give my sister back to me!

It's not speaking to me...

That's it, I'm leaving...

Do you remember Fairy?

Of course I do.

She has grown a lot!

You loved her too much, that's why she ran away.

Maybe it's true...

She is living here now... But we can always visit her.

Of course, it's nice that we were allowed to leave earlier,

but does anybody know why?

I can only guess: several guys were absent today

and then the teacher told us not to drink the water.

But we never did it anyway.

Yeah, the water has a weird smell.

Have you heard that Demian is going to leave the town with his family?

No.

He is inviting everyone to his place today, he asked me to tell you.

I can't come. I have to stay at home.

That's the second time already you decline to join us.

Mother isn't feeling well.

See you tomorrow.

Bye.

“For several days mother hasn't gone out,

she has been refusing to eat.

Mirra has stopped talking to me,

and I don't know how to explain to her

why this is happening to mother.

The worst part of it is,

I have accepted we will be left alone.

But she is still alive

and we need to pray for her recovery...”

Please promise to take care of my girls.

As long as they stay here

I will take care of them,

but please turn to God, Anna,

and I will pray for you.

You need to sleep, take a rest.

How is mother?

I'm sorry, your mother isn't getting better,

but I'll keep praying for her.

Thanks for coming.

Nobody wants to help her!

Even the doctor can't do anything!

Maybe God wants to take her

and you should be prepared for that.

God doesn't care!

My home is always open to you.

Thank you.

His belief won't save mother.

Stop it,

he believes it

and we should believe, too.

Mother!

Now we're left all alone...

It scares me.

After we've said goodbye to mother,

we should better leave our home.

So soon?

There's little to keep us here,

for what reason should we stay?

You've always dreamed of traveling.

How can you bring this up now?!

Mirra, we won't stay in town anyway.

You see it yourself, everybody is getting sick.

“I'll do my best to leave this dark place tomorrow.

I never thought that I would think this way

about my home,

but it has become so foreign without mother.

Mirra doesn't want to leave,

she believes we have to stay in the town

and help the sick people.

But mother would have done everything to protect us.

That's what I'm going to tell Mirra tomorrow,

I hope she will understand.”

Today's service will start with the message

to the Galatians about the freedom of the spirit.

It says that we shall

not become hostages of the recent events

but quite the opposite:

with freedom and love, we shall overcome all of our losses...

Mirra, you promised to listen to the Padre.

Thus, we will start with the 5th chapter:

“You are summoned to freedom Brethren,

only let your freedom not be the reason

for satisfying the meat

but serve each other with love."

God didn't create death

and he isn't joyful about the demise of the living.

He created everything for existence

and everything there is in the world, is subject to salvation.

So, our soul never dies...

Padre, they need you at the hospital, urgently!

I'll explain it to you later.

Let's go.

Are you ok?

I need to sleep.

“Why is this happening to us?

Now Mirra is getting worse and again,

nobody can tell me how to save her.

Dear God, I know you can hear me now.

Please.. protect my sister."

For the last couple of days, she's been sleeping a lot

and she refuses to eat.

I'm sure she needs to go to the hospital.

No way.

She needs to stay in bed

and you need to care for her.

The hospital is overcrowded anyway.

Or you don't want to take the risk...

What if this is not an infection?

You can't leave her alone without help.

Please stay here with me.

I'll show you to the door.

Ayia!

Ayia!

I'm here.

Bring Father Herman, I want to ask him something.

Ok, don't get up.

Did she say you why she wanted to see me?

No, but she's getting worse.

What did the doctor say?

Nothing new...

“Finally Mirra started listening to Father Herman.

For the first time, she wanted to speak to him.

But I feel she's growing apart from me,

she seems to be doing it on purpose.

This is hurting me even more...”

How is she?

She's very scared.

I think you'd better go to her now.

What happened?

I want everything to go back how it used to be!

Mirra, you have a strong fever!

Hello, Ayia.

You should have got a message in the morning.

Yeah, the letter...

So you know that

you should have left the house already!?

Ayia, you need to go to the hospital

and your sister has to stay here at home.

But who will care for Mirra, she needs my help.

This is an order,

the infected ones need to be separated

from the healthy people.

The sick have to stay isolated at home.

I want to stay with her, I'm not afraid of the infection!

Listen to me, you can't help her anymore!

I'll take you to the hospital now.

Ayia!

Of course, it's wrong to separate you!

You promised mother you would to take care of us.

Yes, but now I don't know how I can help.

Such are the rules, you need to avoid the infection.

Father, please don't lock the door.

I'll be back soon.

Where have you been?

I'll take you to Father Herman's.

It's safer there...

Nobody will find us!

I'll help you.

We need to cross the abandoned part of the town,

hold on, you will feel better soon...

"We'll leave as soon as Mirra is better.

Tomorrow I'll write to our Aunt Anna,

she has always had a room for us."

I need to get some medicine.

If necessary, I'll go to next village,

I have money.

Money won't help us.

How long has she been like that?

Five days.

Please stay with your sister until I return.

I have to visit another town,

but I feel, God will soon tell us what to do...

It's been a long time since you've read a book to me.

But I think there are only religious books here.