LUCIA
No, but martyrdom is.
SIMON
[To the centurions and RUFINIUS] Brothers, let us pray. Let me pray for you.
HELIOGABALUS
Never in the world! I have heard enough praying to last me for ever. [To LUCIA, still not quite able to comprehend it] So he actually wants to be burned?
LUCIA
[Preachily] He thirsts for paradise.
HELIOGABALUS