"AND WHY DID YOU NOT THEREFOR EXAMINE HER? AND WHY DID YOU NOT THEREFOR QUESTION HER AND THEM? ARE YOU NOT ENJOINED AGAINST ACTING UNLESS TRUE SIGNS OF DEMONIC ACTIVITY ARE SHOWN? DO YOU NOT THINK GOD WISHES THAT TRUTH AND HOLINESS COME BEFORE THE CALM OF THOSE WITH SMALL MINDS AND SMALLER REASONING? NO, I SEE YOU DID NOT. THEREFORE I WILL LAY UPON YOU THIS GEAS; FOREVERMORE, YOU AND ALL OF YOU IN THIS PLACE, FROM THE MOMENT WE LEAVE, SHALL NOT REMEMBER US, SAVE THAT IN THIS MOMENT YOU SAW THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE WORLD, AND FOREVER, UNLESS YOU CHANGE YOUR PATH, YOU WILL BE DENIED IT FROM HENCEFORTH, UNTO THE END OF TIME."
Merlin glowered and he turned to David.
"AND YOU, YOU WHO HAS TORMENTED TWO PEOPLE, LET GOD'S POWER REVEAL YOUR HEART. FOR THIS DAY AND FOR ALL OF TIME, NEVERMORE WILL YOU BE ABLE TO SPEAK A LIE, OR HOLD BACK A TRUTH. NEITHER TO ANOTHER, NOR TO YOURSELF SHALL YOU BE ABLE TO LIE. THIS IS MY MERCY, AND MY JUSTICE."
Merlin's hand snapped out and a ray as golden as his eyes pierced David, and it was so.
Then he turned to Ganieda.
"COME, SISTER, FOR THE HOUR IS NIGH. THIS DAY IS OVER, AND SO IS THIS DARKNESS. DAWN COMES, AND WITH IT, AND END TO MISERY FOR YOU."
He held his hand out, as golden light rose around them and music swelled.