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The reverend's thin lips turned up in a gaseous grin. "So you like Edwardtown."
"Yes. How about you?"
"Well, I'll tell you. I've lived in New York and some other glamorous places, too. But it was always my dream to come to a small town like Edwardtown to build a congregation from the ground up."
And to fleece the local hayseeds for everything they have.
"I moved around a lot," said the reverend, "searching for I didn't know what until I came here."
Failure.
"And because I never had a wife or children of my - "
Faggot.
" - this congregation has become my family. I'd like very much for you to become a part of that family."
Salesman.