[The light suddenly burns brighter and all the sins are repelled back by it. They hide their faces from its brightness as they physically step away from her] YOUNG WOMAN: I knew it. You don’t want to help me or my light. You hate it! You want to put it out. Tell me I’m wrong. LUST: [blocking eyes from the brightness] You’ve made a mistake, darling. That light is nothing but an illusion. It has no real beauty. Not like you. Not like us. GREED: [snarling] We’ve seen it all, girl. You’re nothing but a fleeting star in the dark. Where will you be when that light burns out? YOUNG WOMAN: It won’t burn out. Not as long as I feed it. I’m not letting any of you snuff it out with your lies. I’m through listening to you. I know my own value; I know my own worth, and I won’t let you fill my head with your ideas. You fear this light and fear me with it. You have no power over me. Be gone! [ YOUNG WOMAN raises her light above her head as all the sins are once more repelled. The light burns brighter and brighter as the sins retreat to the far edg- es of the stage. After a beat, the room goes dark except for the light still burning above the Young Woman’s head.]
YOUNG WOMAN: I know exactly what I’m supposed to do—feed the flame.
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