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heal the lameness through prayer. The attempt at healing fails and he blames his classmate’s lack of faith for the failed healing. At school, one of the female students was aroused by Venia’s nude display the other day and amorously declares that she would like him to be her boyfriend. She behaves lecherously and becomes very sexually aggressive. After some coaxing, she and Venia exchange several romantic kisses in the empty classroom, after which Venia guiltily recoils.
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with the impaired walk seeks to deepen his relationship with Venia by asking Venia to repeat the healing exercise from the other day, and when that fails, they go down to the shore of a local lake, where he kisses Venia on the mouth to express his sexual attraction to him. Venia is shocked by the behavior which he considers aberrant to his new-found
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