Richie just looked at the priest, his mouth hanging open as he tried to comprehend what he had just heard.
Darius was rather amused by the boy’s reaction, even though he had more or less expected something similar. "Are you all right?"
Slowly Richie’s mouth closed and he nodded, although it took him a few more moments to find his voice again, and a few more after that for him to do the calculations in his head. It still boggled his mind. "So all this time you’ve been a priest and…nothing? Not even once?"
"I take my vows very seriously."
Darius was rather amused by the boy’s reaction, even though he had more or less expected something similar. "Are you all right?"
Slowly Richie’s mouth closed and he nodded, although it took him a few more moments to find his voice again, and a few more after that for him to do the calculations in his head. It still boggled his mind. "So all this time you’ve been a priest and…nothing? Not even once?"
"I take my vows very seriously."