"I truly did not expect for you to still be alive, Pope."
"Why would I not be? My time has also stopped like everyone else."
"Because I thought you were already dead even before everything happened, Pope."
"...But for us to meet here, fate truly has its way to bring people together."
"Not fate, but Miss Pepondosovich."
The Pope and his Paladins were actually already in the city, they were about to leave, but the Pope suddenly felt faint and so they decided to rest a bit in the local inn — but lo and behold, Riley Ross.
"We should go, Father."
"Angela, can't you see I am talking to an old friend here? Go with the other paladins."
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