[He's thinking of Shirley; of course he is. How she wanted to believe in peace, to forgive, even when it was so hard and precarious a path. Even when it meant walking away from the sure safety of her people.
Jade surely knows how easy it is for people to be cruel to one another. How could she not, in this situation? This isn't naivete.]
It . . . takes a lot of strength to look at the world that way. To keep looking at the world that way.
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[He's thinking of Shirley; of course he is. How she wanted to believe in peace, to forgive, even when it was so hard and precarious a path. Even when it meant walking away from the sure safety of her people.
Jade surely knows how easy it is for people to be cruel to one another. How could she not, in this situation? This isn't naivete.]
It . . . takes a lot of strength to look at the world that way. To keep looking at the world that way.