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He helped her to her feet. "That a real miracle doesn’t break the laws of physics," he said. "It breaks the laws of economics. You can’t buy it, you can’t own it, and it never happens to the person who deserves it. It happens to the person who needs it."

But he took her hands anyway. They were cold. Human-cold. Not the perfect 36.6°C of a regulated body. neo-miracle

Matteo’s blood went cold. "Yes."

Father Matteo drained the last dregs of synthetic coffee, the bitter taste a poor substitute for grace. His congregation had shrunk to twelve souls, all over seventy. They came not for God, but for the free climate-controlled air. He helped her to her feet

"Father Matteo? You’re listed as emergency contact for a Leo Vance?" You can’t buy it, you can’t own it,