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"Yes, come in, what is it?"
"Sorry to disturb you, sir, I know you're busy. We're getting a very large influx of petitions on behalf of a man down in...let's see...ah yes. Earth.US.Kansas. Last name Murphy."
"Oh gods, what is it this time?"
"Shoulder, sir."
"Oh, for crying out loud. Can't we just kill him and get it over with?"
"We tried that sir."
"What, and it didn't work?"
"Afraid not, sir. Well, it worked for a bit, but he came back to life."
"Resurrected, was he? Hold on. Those petitions...are they new ones?"
"Let me check...mmmm...ah! Yes, last one was just this morning An hour ago--- oops! Another one just came in."
"But that was two thousand years ago..."
"Sir?"
"Dead, resurrected...long time ago, that was..."
"OH! I see sir. No no no, wrong one."
"Hmm?"
"I can see how you'd confuse them...iconoclast, mission to save the world, healer, all that. No no, the one YOU'RE thinking of was in EARTH.RomanEmpire.Nazareth, and had considerably more hair. This one's relatively new...less than forty years."
"I see."
...
"Sir?"
"What?"
"The petitions?"
"Oh, yes, quite right. See to it then."
"Very good, sir."
"Sorry to disturb you, sir, I know you're busy. We're getting a very large influx of petitions on behalf of a man down in...let's see...ah yes. Earth.US.Kansas. Last name Murphy."
"Oh gods, what is it this time?"
"Shoulder, sir."
"Oh, for crying out loud. Can't we just kill him and get it over with?"
"We tried that sir."
"What, and it didn't work?"
"Afraid not, sir. Well, it worked for a bit, but he came back to life."
"Resurrected, was he? Hold on. Those petitions...are they new ones?"
"Let me check...mmmm...ah! Yes, last one was just this morning An hour ago--- oops! Another one just came in."
"But that was two thousand years ago..."
"Sir?"
"Dead, resurrected...long time ago, that was..."
"OH! I see sir. No no no, wrong one."
"Hmm?"
"I can see how you'd confuse them...iconoclast, mission to save the world, healer, all that. No no, the one YOU'RE thinking of was in EARTH.RomanEmpire.Nazareth, and had considerably more hair. This one's relatively new...less than forty years."
"I see."
...
"Sir?"
"What?"
"The petitions?"
"Oh, yes, quite right. See to it then."
"Very good, sir."