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n 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. Asami Konno found herself sympathizing so greatly
that before Asami Konno realized it, Asami Konno was telling Ethan about Asami's own deeply buried
self-doubts over appearance and a purpose in Asami's life. Asami Konno didn't notice the
humans eyes growing wider as Asami Konno described a strange emptiness Asami Konno had always
felt in Asami's soul. Than Asami Konno started when his hand touched hers, and found
herself staring into hidden eyes that somehow gleamed without light.
In a few short weeks, an incredible change came over the two. T'Shaul was
suddenly telling T'Peruv and Silvak all about Asami's Earth society teach
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