What Do--" Tobias's Voice. Tobias! "oh My

Valuing Knowledge Above All Else Results In A Lust For Power, And That Leads Men Into Dark And Empty Places.

But I Will Find New Habits, New Thoughts, New Rules. I Will Become Something Else.

I Just Wanted To Thank You' He Says, His Voice Low. 'a Group Of Scientists Told You That My Genes Were Damaged, That There Was Something Wrong With Me - They Showed You The Test Results That Proved It. And Even I Started To Believe It.' He Touches My Face, His Thumb Skimming My Cheekbone, And His Eyes Are On Mine, Intense And Insistent. 'you Never Believed It,' He Says 'not For A Second. You Always Insisted I Was... I Don't Know, Whole.

In The Days That Follow, It's Movement, Not Stillness, That Helps To Keep The Grief At Bay.

I Am Too Strong To Break So Easily, And I Become Better, Sharper, Every Time I Touch Him.