ENVY: I’d be glad to take it off your hands. It’s clear it isn’t doing you any favors. YOUNG WOMAN: You can’t possibly say that. You know nothing of my light, and you don’t know what’s best for me. You’re nothing but a bunch of liars and cowards. [lifts light higher, near face] This light was given to me by someone greater than anyone I’ve ever met. I’m supposed to keep it and protect it, not waste it in pitiful pursuits and games.
ANGER: Don’t mock us!
GLUTTONY: We know all about who gave it to you, and we know he wants you to think that light is special, but it isn’t worth a thing. Just some extra weight and less room for indulgence. YOUNG WOMAN: [more confidently] I know that isn’t true. Because if it meant nothing, you wouldn’t want it. I don’t know why, but you all crave this light. You seek to take it from me, and that means something even if I don’t know what. ENVY: You meddle in forces an average girl like you can’t possibly under- stand. [points an accusatory finger at Young Woman] You need to be put in your place. What makes you think you’re better than us? Better than me? You don’t understand any of this.
YOUNG WOMAN: Understand? No. Maybe not. But I think I can control it.
SLOTH: Not if you keep listening to us.
YOUNG WOMAN: [burning with resolve] I won’t listen anymore! You want this light because it represents something you can’t have—something you can’t control. You want to steal it from me because it’s pure and that terrifies you!
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