Beheaded by request... That made Kyousuke stare at the painting a little more intently. He wondered what would drive someone to request someone's death, or why the man had been imprisoned to begin with. Or how much that mattered in the scheme of things.
Christianity did explain why he wasn't familiar with the story—most of what he knew about it were just general, broad things he'd picked up without realizing or thinking on. He frowned for a moment, as he thought about what to ask about. John the Baptist, huh...
... Baptist? Wait a minute.
"Isn't baptism some kind of purification rite?" he thought aloud. ... Maybe that was the key. They were trying to do the same thing, in a sense, by getting rid of that illness. But that still didn't answer anything. It wasn't as simple as just washing everything away... Unless it was, but... He shook his head. No, that was probably too easy.
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Christianity did explain why he wasn't familiar with the story—most of what he knew about it were just general, broad things he'd picked up without realizing or thinking on. He frowned for a moment, as he thought about what to ask about. John the Baptist, huh...
... Baptist? Wait a minute.
"Isn't baptism some kind of purification rite?" he thought aloud. ... Maybe that was the key. They were trying to do the same thing, in a sense, by getting rid of that illness. But that still didn't answer anything. It wasn't as simple as just washing everything away... Unless it was, but... He shook his head. No, that was probably too easy.