[ for all the threads that might bind him and this man in their beliefs, it seems there aren't enough to cross the maw that lies between them. the bridge will only ever go so far before it leads to an empty, terrible fall. neither can make it to the other side - not while things are like this.
Abel hates to acknowledge this reality, but it is what it is. ]
Maybe refusing to make such a choice is a choice in and of itself.
[ some would surely accuse Abel of being a coward were that the case. he would not blame Paul - so utterly rigid, sure in his conviction - of as much. ]
...Even so, I believe there's another way. And I will pray to find it before you and yours are made to do what you cannot take back.
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[ for all the threads that might bind him and this man in their beliefs, it seems there aren't enough to cross the maw that lies between them. the bridge will only ever go so far before it leads to an empty, terrible fall. neither can make it to the other side - not while things are like this.
Abel hates to acknowledge this reality, but it is what it is. ]
Maybe refusing to make such a choice is a choice in and of itself.
[ some would surely accuse Abel of being a coward were that the case. he would not blame Paul - so utterly rigid, sure in his conviction - of as much. ]
...Even so, I believe there's another way. And I will pray to find it before you and yours are made to do what you cannot take back.
[ oh. if he only knew... ]