"I'll not deny that you could do more," Jesus says. "There's always more a person can do, though it should never become a hardship. There are martyrs enough already."

He's speaking from experience.

Pulling Tony closer to him, hips to hips, Jesus tilts back his head to watch the way that Tony gazes at him. He can't pick it apart. He's never said he's a smart man. He just understands.

There's...there's nothing for him to go on here. Just a twinge of desire to have another kiss. How ridiculous is that!

"How hard do you think you must try to come clean?"