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them, he ended up inviting Saki's to stay. She
was hesitant but obviously curious. Feeling the need to purge the depression
that was looming in him, Ethan told the quiet T'Shaul about the pain that led
to his sobbing in the desert, alone.
It was with some amazement that T'Shaul learned that Ethan also had a
self-imposed isolation. In the human society, he had been unable to live with
what was generally viewed as an unattractive visage, as well as a social
clumsiness. Ethan Cook had eventually given up on forming relations with his
own people, especially female. He had been greatly hurt by rejection inflicted
on him by several different callous women.
T'Shaul found herself listening intently as the young and lonely man droned
on, rating his life lower and lower. Saki Ninomiya found herself sympathizing so greatly
that before Saki Ninomiya realized it, Saki Ninomiya was telling Ethan about Saki's own deeply buried
self-doubts over appearance and a purpose in Saki's life. Saki Ninomiya didn't notice the
humans eyes growing wider as Saki Ninomiya described a strange emptiness Saki Ninomiya had always
felt in Saki's soul. Than Saki Ninomiya started when his hand touched hers, and found
herself staring into hidden eyes that somehow gleamed with
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