fifth flower

[hatesdad]

That rain wasn't going to make the flowers grow at all!

And people got hurt, too...

That's just not fair! Now nothing is gonna grow... and I bet the flower I saw at the lakebed... is dead now...

Comments

[bloodyheartland]

If something has grown in this wasteland before, it can likely do so again.

Life is remarkably adaptive.

[hatesdad]

I guess... But still! I'm angry!

[bloodyheartland]

Anger at nature? Yell at the clouds, see how much good it does for you.

All we can do, like the life in the ground, is adapt to what is given to us.

[hatesdad]

Angry at... that one guy. He knew this was coming, but he didn't say like this! He said it would help the plants grow!...

[bloodyheartland]

Then he lied. But, what are angry words going to do to him?

[hatesdad]

... I don't know.

[bloodyheartland]

The answer is nothing.

It's better to direct your energies to working with what you have to make more, than to be angry.

[hatesdad]

... But there's nothing I can do!

[bloodyheartland]

I don't know what you can do, and yet I know that is a lie.

If nothing else, you can learn skills to give you more you can do. Find someone who can repair the broken parts of the homes. Ask them to teach you. Or find someone who knows how to fight. Ask them to teach you.

[hatesdad]

... What do you do?

[bloodyheartland]

I'm a cleaner. But, that's something of a misnomer.

[hatesdad]

Is it something I could learn?

[bloodyheartland]

Anyone can learn it. A 14 year old boy and a crippled old man can learn it.

The question is if you really want to.

If you wanted to learn from me, I'd be teaching you how to fight.

[hatesdad]

How to fight... if I could fight, then maybe I could go out by myself...

[bloodyheartland]

I suppose it wouldn't just be teaching you how to fight - it would be when to fight, why to fight, and more. Fighting is not meant to be done out of passion. It is done when it is necessary.

If you want to learn, I will teach you.

[hatesdad]

... I'll think about it.