035 [Written]

[mountain_sage]

[This past love experiment has left Saleh quite confused, to say the least.]

So this was it? It was just like Rydia said; I felt like a part of me was missing that I had not been aware of, and I had felt complete. But now that feeling is gone.

Is this what love is, an emotion that rises and falls like the sun?

[But there had to be a way to

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[lunarianlegacy]

You got hit too?

[Ceodore feels horrible for Saleh.]

[mountain_sage]

From the experiment? Yes, unfortunately...

[lunarianlegacy]

I'm sorry.

But no, I don't think love is transient like that.

[mountain_sage]

Mhm...I don't know whether to be glad I had the experience of love, even if it was only temporary. Yet if I truly feel this way about another, I would not want for it to be transient.

I trust that you have been in love, Ceodore?

[lunarianlegacy]

Still am.

[mountain_sage]

Ah. I'm glad.

[He won't ask about the details though. It seems too personal to pry into...]

[lunarianlegacy]

But having an experiment tamper with those feelings isn't right.

[Happened to them, but he's more thinking of Saleh.]

[mountain_sage]

Indeed. I may never know true love at this rate.

[Granted, he's never pursued it before, but he certainly doesn't appreciate having those feelings tampered with.]

[lunarianlegacy]

You never know. I wasn't exactly looking for it, but I'm glad to have found it all the same.

[mountain_sage]

Then again, love isn't something to look for, is it? Would it come to you in due time?

[lunarianlegacy]

I think so.