Church On State -part 1- By Top Tier Story -

Forgiveness doesn’t fill your stomach. The State feeds us. The State gives us purpose.

Cain turns to a two-way mirror. Nods once. Church On State -Part 1- By Top Tier Story

The State took our mother.

My daughter... she’s eight. She won’t— Forgiveness doesn’t fill your stomach

Cain and Abel. The first story ever told. It never ends well. SCENE 3 FLASHBACK - EXT. STATE ORPHANAGE 14 - 25 YEARS AGO Church On State -Part 1- By Top Tier Story

Across from him: a MAN (50s), weeping. His shirt is torn open. A SINNER’S MARK—a barcode tattooed over his heart—has been partially burned off.