Lesson Seven | Blindness | Audio/Commentlog, Open

[wiserthanusall]

A very long time ago, I heard a very sad story.

[Oogway is back in the cavern-deck, today. He is not practicing Kung Fu, he is only sitting, leaning on his stick and watching the water.Approach, if you like- the old Turtle never snaps.On the eastern mountains, across the sea, there lives a tribe of foxes. They are brown in the summer and turn a

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[couldbeavillain]

...that's... like, the saddest thing I've ever heard... [Now he just wants to cry, not even joking.]

[wiserthanusall]

[He chuckles]

It has a happier ending, if you like.

[couldbeavillain]

What is it?

[wiserthanusall]

The fox is reborn in a distant land. He grows old without ever seeing his own kind again.

[couldbeavillain]

But... isn't that still kinda sad? Did he miss his friends? And his family?

[wiserthanusall]

We all must grow away from our families, eventually.

[couldbeavillain]

Well... yeah... but it doesn't mean we have to stop missing them. Does it?

[wiserthanusall]

Ah, so you spend all your days on past regrets?

[couldbeavillain]

No... but I don't think it's really a regret to miss my friends. I mean, it's not like I spend all my time moping that they're not here, but sometimes I kinda wish they were.