I used to be scared of girls. But now I realise they are scared of me too. I got talking to Taamet yesterday, when I should have been doing something else. We sat down at the fountain. We really were aliens! Two people from two different planets. Taamet is no great beauty but evenso she has something indescribable, something better than beauty.<\/p>\n
What am I talking about? There is nothing better than beauty.<\/p>\n
More lately, I have realised that everyone is exactly the same. Which explains why we’re all so scared of each other. We seem different, have different stories, histories – we live in different bodies, maybe a different sex, or in a different country with different customs, language – we have different priorities, different strengths and weaknesses… I suppose that is what God wants. Manifoldness (if that's a word).<\/p>\n
I will marry Amle. My parents are very strict.
\n\tBut girls require boys to do something. To be exciting.<\/p>\n
And I suppose an interrupted backwards story will always lack a beginning. I will try my best to right that particular wrong.
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I used to be scared of girls. But now I realise they are scared of me too. I got talking to Taamet yesterday, when I should have been doing something else. We sat down at the fountain. We really were aliens! … Continue reading