III

Starts staring at the same painting again.

Jumps right back into the memory of being molested. Bald guy gave him some money to be quiet and then Asle has to lie to his parents about where it came from. He says he found it outside the bakers, and his mom forces him to go backto see if someone lost their change. The Baker says no, thanks him for his honesty, and gives him a custard for his honest (guilt).

Sister Alida died randomly when he was younger.

He gets bullied about the bald guy. Continues having memories about how he moved out to go to Academic High School so that he could get into the art institute. Plans on renouncing the National Church as soon as he turns 16. Remembers saying the pater noster

IV

More thoughts about his wife and his relationship with Beyer the art buyer, his old age and development as an artist. Similar confused resentments of painting as with God – but like the other parts, it ends with his prayer.

V

Recollection of Asle getting in introduced to "namesake" by older prison rat bastard of a German soldier when he was in Academic Highschool. They all get hammered together, seems like both Asles are getting groomed.

Namesake able to get into art school without having graduated the academic art school on the strength of his pictures alone, thus Asle thinks he ought to be able to too. Whilst hanging out at the bar, he meets his wife Ales who is also applying to the Art Institute – she describes what that process is like and Asle is dumbfounded at his lack of a grasp of the fundaments of art or the language used to describe it. Imposter syndrome that he only got in because of his fake ID.

In present time, Asle returns to Åsleik who has been waiting for him to return to celebrate Christmas eve eve dinner. He's been getting hungry – says that his sister Guro mentioned thinking that she saw Asle as a coffee shop earlier that day but was to bashful to say anything to the man whose art decorates her walls. Asle gets a pang of discomfort identical to what he felt when he had to read in Academic High School and is like "I have to return some video tapes" from the Christmas eve eve dinner and starts praying the rosary in his car.

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