He felt the phantom touch of his father's hand on his cheek again, and the look of love in his eyes that had never faltered even as the life seeped out of him.
"Maybe... I never thought of it like that." He fiddled with the blankets. "He chose what he wanted, and he was willing to pay even the highest price to attain it." He gulped. "I thought I had made the highest sacrifice, but I didn't feel stronger for it. It weakened me." And he'd since had to live with the knowledge that this sacrifice had been for naught.
"Do you have anything for which you would make such a sacrifice?"
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He felt the phantom touch of his father's hand on his cheek again, and the look of love in his eyes that had never faltered even as the life seeped out of him.
"Maybe... I never thought of it like that." He fiddled with the blankets. "He chose what he wanted, and he was willing to pay even the highest price to attain it." He gulped. "I thought I had made the highest sacrifice, but I didn't feel stronger for it. It weakened me." And he'd since had to live with the knowledge that this sacrifice had been for naught.
"Do you have anything for which you would make such a sacrifice?"