Outwardly the Church had appeared generous and supportive - and in their own words, they were ‘inclusive’ to the fringe communities. But every gift has its price - either to the giver or the gifted, it comes with its cost.
There was an unsavoury undercurrent between the two men. There existed an anger fuelled by an unrequited passion. Francis had become the obsession of the curious Pontiff. It was as though he wanted to get inside Francis, and watch him succumb - he wanted to know him, body, mind and soul.
There became a complex scent between them.
Francis refused to go back.
You cannot know what you simply cannot understand.
Several moons later the Pontiff took poison by his own hand.*
His death was recorded as being due to ill health.
-Gabriel Brunsdon, AZLANDER: NEVER ENDINGS: Second Chances
*Innocent III died suddenly at Perugia on 16 June 1216.
There was an unsavoury undercurrent between the two men. There existed an anger fuelled by an unrequited passion. Francis had become the obsession of the curious Pontiff. It was as though he wanted to get inside Francis, and watch him succumb - he wanted to know him, body, mind and soul.
There became a complex scent between them.
Francis refused to go back.
You cannot know what you simply cannot understand.
Several moons later the Pontiff took poison by his own hand.*
His death was recorded as being due to ill health.
-Gabriel Brunsdon, AZLANDER: NEVER ENDINGS: Second Chances
*Innocent III died suddenly at Perugia on 16 June 1216.
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