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"Explain this to me one more time."
"I'm not sure what more you want me to say. One moment the artifact was declared missing and there was a handful of suspects being pursued, and now the Vatican is saying this is all a misunderstanding."
"And they declared this all on their own volition, did they?"
"It's not like we - I mean, the alleged suspects - left a strongly worded note about the importance of cultural preservation."
"Of course. It was all a big misunderstanding; the Temple menorah couldn't have been taken away so easily."
"Not unless it was a Chanukah miracle."