Hi,
This message immediately brought to my mind the lie that my character is believing in the beginning and is sustained by everything in her "normal" world , as she knows it.
"Can mercy and justice co-exist?"

Technically the answer is no. But the practically, though on different spheres, Spiritual vs Rational, they do co-exist.

This is one of the lessons my character will to learn by the end of the story.
Kristina