The old man and Blue had entered a dark room that contained a single table with a single candle that was lit. They sat on opposite sides of the flame and looked into each others eyes.
"So, that is your definition of love" said the old man.
"The most honest one that I can provide" replied Blue with a look of self confidence.
"There are those who believe that you care for a time about those around you only because you need them to care about you at that time."
"They will discover the truth when they find that they are unable to not care."
"Tell me, have you ever been in a situation where you had to risk your life in order to save the people you care about? A choice between saving yourself or....."
"sacrificing yourself... No" answered Blue looking quite startled at the question.
"They say that the true personality of a human being is revealed in that moment of decision."
"All human beings are true. What matters is whether they are being true to themselves.
However, the implied meaning behind that statement is based on an assumption that life is better than death."
"There you are wrong. It is based on the fact that we do not know what death is like, but we do know what life is like and what it can be like."
"Have you ever been in that situation?"
"Yes....once... quite a long time ago."
"What did you choose?" asked Blue with a look of interest and anxiety of a magnitude that surpassed any other moment in her life.
This time, the old man did not answer.
The flame rose into the air for an instant and waned as if it were threatening to burn the place down.
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This is it! Perfect Melange, start a faith. I will follow.
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