[voice]

[imperial_ray]

-Just a voice this time around, Lady Gardens. And one that sounds very, very unsure. But she's been turning this over in her head for awhile now, and she needs help.-

Um... H-hello... I don't usually use this thing for this sort of business, but...

Um...

What do you do when you have someone you care about... really and truly do... someone you are in love with, and... They can't return your feelings because of some conviction that has nothing to do with how their heart may or may not feel? We had a fight, and haven't talked in awhile, and... I want to see her again, but that argument still lingers in my heart...

I just need to know... that I can be loved...

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[mnementomori]

It's okay...we can fix that. [she tries to sound encouraging. Dizzy seems to need it.]

Oh...so...maybe she thinks you're mad at her? But it sounds like maybe you both should apologize...if she said something that hurt you.

But...but you're definitely loved. I love you, Dizzy. You're my friend.

[not in the romantic sense, since Xion's idea of love is still perhaps a little too pure.]

[imperial_ray]

Mm... -It sinks in. Xion's words.-

But is that the same?

[mnementomori]

The same...? You mean...the same as how that person feels?

I can't say for sure, because I'm not them, but you are important to me. [she hesitates for a moment.] Do you mean a...special kind of love?

[imperial_ray]

-She gives a nod.- That's how I feel about her.

[mnementomori]

So you think...she feels the same but something's stopping her from telling you.

[that's a sobering thought.]

I've never heard of that before...it sounds really sad. I mean, love is really nice...why would she want to stay away from it?

[imperial_ray]

She speaks of it as a temptation... In the context of our faith, it means something that turns her away from God.

[mnementomori]

God...? I think someone was talking about that a little while ago. But I still don't really understand it.

Why would love make you turn away from anyone? Especially someone who sounds so important...

[imperial_ray]

... That is something I don't understand. There is still much of my faith I need to learn about. But the God I know is loving and kind. He wouldn't just... he couldn't just tell us not to be happy together.