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4157 58 Facing it

Jindal spoke, "When I go back I will face what I have to face."

"What will happen?"

"What will be will be. Sorry to speak in tautologies but there are too many outcomes to contemplate. I will say what I need to say and let it be."

Jindal looked distant. As 90210 would later say, "as if he had stars in his eyes and galaxies behind them."

"We all have gifts and would suffer if we lost them. What would Kat be without her Dreams, Cook without knowing which herb kills and which one cures. What if Quip went mute?"

"It would kill me."

"Or at least give us some needed peace and quiet." [laughter] "What would make a shapeshifter suffer most?" [silence] "What if I were frozen into a form decided by others. I would be beautiful of course but unable to truly express my emotions. Worthless for traveling. Impossible to pass unnoticed. Dismissed ... perhaps."

"Would it kill you?"

"No. No more than taming a wild beast."

"Ouch."

"But just like I must face what I must face in spite of some trepidation, so my people will be tempted to avoid reality as they have for thousands of years."

"You'll be like Krishna."

[soft murmurs] "No, but will I be able to bring about change if my form is frozen? Regardless it is time to show them that without character beauty is merely a rose without fragrance."

On that note everyone began to eat. Kat merely smiled.

When Jindal left us a few days later, Kat took me aside and whispered, "There never was any physical danger. But 'change' ... that is more promising and dangerous than anything we will ever meet in Space. I will nap now in peace."

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"Face what you must Face"

"Krishna says – When you avoid what you must face in life, it becomes bigger than you and takes control over you." What do you think?