"Grandmother, why don't I feel?"
"Child, it is because you feel too much."
"But grandmother, I want to be like them."
"No, child. You can't. You are you and they are
they. Never the twain."
"Why not, grandmother? Why won't the twains
meet?"
"They are parallels child, and parallels do not
meet. The lines you see meeting in the distance is illusion. Like all
things."
"But why am I on this parallel, grandmother?
"This was the choice you made before the lines
were lain down, love. All had their choices. Many chose the other
parallel."
"Are there more on my parallel, grandmother? Am I
alone?
"You are never alone, child. There are others on
your parallel."
"How will I know them, grandmother?"
"By their hands reaching back to support you, child,
and by those who grasp the hand you reach back to guide."
"Will I feel then, grandmother?"
"Will you let yourself, child?"
