The Great Romance
"How is it that Elyon can allow evil to exist in the black forest? Why doesn't he just destroy the Shataiki?"
"Because evil provides his creation with a choice," the child said as though the concept was very simple indeed. "And because without it, there could be no love."
"Love?" Tom stopped.
The boy's hand slipped out of his. He turned, brow raised.
"Love is dependent on evil?" Tom asked.
"Did I say that?" A mischievous glint filled the boy's eyes. "How can there be love without a true choice? Would you suggest that man be stripped of the capacity to love?"
This was the Great Romance. To love at any cost.
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"Because evil provides his creation with a choice," the child said as though the concept was very simple indeed. "And because without it, there could be no love."
"Love?" Tom stopped.
The boy's hand slipped out of his. He turned, brow raised.
"Love is dependent on evil?" Tom asked.
"Did I say that?" A mischievous glint filled the boy's eyes. "How can there be love without a true choice? Would you suggest that man be stripped of the capacity to love?"
This was the Great Romance. To love at any cost.
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