Magnificent, in both senses of the word. I don't particularly find guro arousing (more of a blunt force gal myself), I pay immense respect to how you wrote these scenes. When the thing (not going to spoil) happened to Anhedonia I almost cried. The clericants were hateable and terrifying at the same time. The ending did really hurt, but there really was no other way the story could conclude. The thing that struck me the most was how both characters were able to push through their pain. It sounds unimaginable, but somehow they succeeded. I'm glad they did.