David retreats in horror.
DAVID.
Your lips have uttered a terrible word. Who are you that you dare promise immortality? Are not life and death in the hand of God?
ANATHEMA.
God said: Reestablish life through life.
DAVID.
But people are wicked and vicious, and the hungry one is nearer to God than the well-fed.
ANATHEMA.
Remember Hannah and Benjamin....
DAVID.