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[tsunsandsteals]

[Is it just him, or are the trees whispering an awful lot lately? The fact that the trees are talking at all should have alarmed him, but Silver pretty much knows to expect crazy shit to happen for no reason by now. No, what's bugging him is what they're whispering.]

Why should I give a shit about any of this?! Who cares who's got eyes for who and who's into what and all that crap?!

[why yes the trees have mentioned a few things about him, and he is indeed mad. Feel free to annoy him. Or distract him, whichever.]

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[mountain_sage]

Hmm...

[Now he's a little curious on Silver's definition of strength.]

I'm curious...how would you define a "wimp?"

[tsunsandsteals]

...anyone who stops living their life because they're afraid of things. Or anyone who thinks they need to give in to what someone else thinks because they want to be liked more than they want to be themselves.

[mountain_sage]

[How odd. This description matches what Silver was like, particularly when Saleh first met him.]

That...sounds like...

[tsunsandsteals]

...like who?

[mountain_sage]

Like...you. Based on what you told me. When we first met, I mean...

[tsunsandsteals]

M-me!? [that wasn't what he expected...or maybe it was. Either way, Silver's stomach just flip-flopped.]

[mountain_sage]

Yes...

Think about it. You told me that you only believed that kindness makes people weak, because someone you knew made you believe it. You said this person was powerful, so you gave in to his beliefs because you feared that power.

You also questioned the point of kindness because someone else had gotten hurt by being kind to another. You've tried to intimidate people by putting on arrogant airs. You've closed your heart to others, because you were afraid of getting hurt. A person...cannot truly live like that. It may look like strength to those who would fear your attitude, but it is not true strength.

[tsunsandsteals]

...

[He does remember that conversation, yes. And to a degree, he still believes those things; Mithos has hurt Jeb more than anyone should have the right to hurt such a good person, and father...the less thought about father, the better. Silver looks down at his shoes, suddenly feeling sad and uncomfortable.]

[mountain_sage]

[Well, the silence sure says a lot.]

So...you understand?

[tsunsandsteals]

...

[small nod.]

[mountain_sage]

Very well. Now you must decide what it is that you want. You must decide how you want to live. Would you trust your own heart, or would you keep it locked away in fear?

[tsunsandsteals]

[after a long silence]

...I really don't know.

[mountain_sage]

...

Then think about it. Until you decide to trust your heart, you will be trapped in this shell forever.

[tsunsandsteals]

[just nods]

[mountain_sage]

...Do you have any friends here at all? Anyone that you can trust?

[tsunsandsteals]

Well... [Jeb's the closest he can think of, but even he isn't that close.]

[mountain_sage]

[And then it dawns on him, that Silver had been looking for someone earlier.]

...That person you were looking for earlier...did they ever return?

[tsunsandsteals]

...yeah. He did. [not that Jeb even knew who he was, but...]

[mountain_sage]

Well then, you can start by opening your heart to him. You've been concerned enough about him, that you seem to trust him.

[tsunsandsteals]

...I...I guess.