Kiss me 2.1
Another takes it up, louder:
— Amen!
And suddenly, the silence breaks. Not in a tumult of anger, no, but in a clamour of joy.
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CLÉMENCE
I cannot believe my ears.
It is not the rejection, not the indignation I expected. It is a wave of "amens," of "thank God," of "finally!" Voices rise from everywhere, young, old, deep, trembling.
I feel hands reaching out towards us, as if to carry us.
A mother holds her child and whispers: