[ of course he knows that; he's too old to believe that love is anything other than irrational. Of all emotions, it's the least logical and the most dangerous. He's used it so many times to bring people to their highest highs before dashing them against the rocks of despair. It's why he'd tried so hard to stay away from it before. The smallest taste of that forbidden fruit would be inviting even more pain into his miserable life. It was easier to discard his humanity.
But he's tasted it now, hasn't he? Even if he hasn't said it aloud. He remembered how he loved his sister. He had acknowledged to himself that he might love Steph - though he'd shied away from it. And Belph...
(was this love? this connection he felt? if belph was a woman, wouldn't hikage call it love? does he love belph as a man, then, too...?) ]
It's not about what I want. It's about them. I mean... it's about Stephanie. [ he's still hesitant to include Belph in the conversation, apparently. ]
dana you have somehow ended up with the most food from hikage
I know that.
[ of course he knows that; he's too old to believe that love is anything other than irrational. Of all emotions, it's the least logical and the most dangerous. He's used it so many times to bring people to their highest highs before dashing them against the rocks of despair. It's why he'd tried so hard to stay away from it before. The smallest taste of that forbidden fruit would be inviting even more pain into his miserable life. It was easier to discard his humanity.
But he's tasted it now, hasn't he? Even if he hasn't said it aloud. He remembered how he loved his sister. He had acknowledged to himself that he might love Steph - though he'd shied away from it. And Belph...
(was this love? this connection he felt? if belph was a woman, wouldn't hikage call it love? does he love belph as a man, then, too...?) ]
It's not about what I want. It's about them. I mean... it's about Stephanie. [ he's still hesitant to include Belph in the conversation, apparently. ]