[ ...this is enlightening, if nothing else. it's the first time anyone has been able to articulate things this way for him in quite this manner, and for a long beat--
Abel goes quiet to give it a momentary thought. he doesn't want to make light of this, after all - to make light of Paul's beliefs and his way of thinking, and he appreciates the open dialogue in this place of all places.
...but even so, perhaps theirs are two viewpoints that might never meet. it doesn't hurt, though, does it? talking like this, sharing how they feel bereft of judgment... ]
Do you believe the suffering man feels now is meaningless? That it's without purpose?
[ an earnest question. does the Kenoma give it additional meaning in Paul's eyes?
or does he feel that the trials of life are simply senseless to begin with, bereft of that purpose?
no subject
Abel goes quiet to give it a momentary thought. he doesn't want to make light of this, after all - to make light of Paul's beliefs and his way of thinking, and he appreciates the open dialogue in this place of all places.
...but even so, perhaps theirs are two viewpoints that might never meet. it doesn't hurt, though, does it? talking like this, sharing how they feel bereft of judgment... ]
Do you believe the suffering man feels now is meaningless? That it's without purpose?
[ an earnest question. does the Kenoma give it additional meaning in Paul's eyes?
or does he feel that the trials of life are simply senseless to begin with, bereft of that purpose?
maybe it's neither. Abel would like to know. ]