He looks startled, and Magnus gets another space of silence before. Then, "They're not the same, but-- I'm afraid of choosing. Sin is just-- everyone is sinful. The world is. But I-- haven't ever taken something for myself. I have now, here, but nothing like this." When he stops and starts, it's not from uncertainty, just from the difficulty of getting the words out. "It would be-- it would be a sin that I want."
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