YOUNG WOMAN: No. I really… I have to go.
GREED: Too bad you don’t know how. It was you who faltered, whose eyes wandered, wasn’t it? You’re the one who lost sight and found us. You’re the one who heard us out.
YOUNG WOMAN: Yes, but I don’t want this. I want to leave.
PRIDE: You came to us. I’m afraid you can’t leave unscarred.
YOUNG WOMAN: Please, can’t you just point me the way out? I’m not supposed to be here. ANGER: You came here yourself, lady! Don’t you dare go begging for a way out unless you’re ready to pay the price.
SLOTH: Just lay here for a while. I’ll show you how to get out.
YOUNG WOMAN: No, I don’t think that’s a good idea.
SLOTH: Yet I’m the only one who so much as offered you a way out. I thought my offer was generous. But I’ll make it even better. I’ll let you go with just a taste of that light. Nothing more. I’ll let you keep it. No one else will do that. LUST: No, you’ve got it all wrong. I would come to any agreement that so fits the desires of our beautiful friend. [she caresses Young Woman’s cheek] Tell me what you want, and I’ll tell you just how to get it. YOUNG WOMAN: [pulls away from Lust] I told you, I just want to leave. That’s it. That’s all I want. ANGER: Then stop whining and do something about it! You keep saying you want to leave, but all you’re doing is standing there, letting us surround you.
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