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Random fragment #2571
Jul. 28th, 2006 11:07 am
It is like a long-distance relationship.
Maybe you met this guy on a vacation or something. You are absolutely sure you love him like you love no other person on earth. But the fact is that he lives in the far side of a different country than you, speaks your language as a second language, and that his country is at war with your own.
Fortunately, you've already learned his language, but he speaks a very distinctive dialect that nobody speaks in your area so you can't learn it from your neighbours.
At the same time, though, you have your reasons for being where you are; you're a soldier (not fighting on the front lines, though). You're obligated to serve for a few more years.
You've just met your soulmate; does that mean you should leave your country right now so you can be with him?
Your family strongly believes in the justice of this war. You don't, but you have told them about this guy you met and because he's one of the enemy, they're set in believing that he's ultimately out to corrupt and destroy you. If you do anything to support him they will see this as traitorous behaviour, report you to your higher-ups and you'll end up being court-martialled. Should you be so willing to make enemies of those who brought you to life?
Of course not.
Well, what do you do? For sure, you'd rather be living with him, but you've been secretly communicating to him through the phone, letters, emails, and so on. You know that he'll still love you and you'll still love him in 5 years when your military service ends. But you also know that the war will probably be over by then.
Why should you put behind the world you know, make enemies of your friends, and risk your life, reputation, and honour by immediately going to marry your love, when you can wait a little, finish doing your military service, and keep yourself (relatively) safe while the war rages on? When the war is over, your family will probably still hate the other country, but their antagonism will likely not be so incensed. It'll also be safer to travel there in peacetime.
(This was supposed to be a simple story, but then I added the language thing, and then I added the war thing, and so maybe it's gotten a little out of hand.)
Maybe you met this guy on a vacation or something. You are absolutely sure you love him like you love no other person on earth. But the fact is that he lives in the far side of a different country than you, speaks your language as a second language, and that his country is at war with your own.
Fortunately, you've already learned his language, but he speaks a very distinctive dialect that nobody speaks in your area so you can't learn it from your neighbours.
At the same time, though, you have your reasons for being where you are; you're a soldier (not fighting on the front lines, though). You're obligated to serve for a few more years.
You've just met your soulmate; does that mean you should leave your country right now so you can be with him?
Your family strongly believes in the justice of this war. You don't, but you have told them about this guy you met and because he's one of the enemy, they're set in believing that he's ultimately out to corrupt and destroy you. If you do anything to support him they will see this as traitorous behaviour, report you to your higher-ups and you'll end up being court-martialled. Should you be so willing to make enemies of those who brought you to life?
Of course not.
Well, what do you do? For sure, you'd rather be living with him, but you've been secretly communicating to him through the phone, letters, emails, and so on. You know that he'll still love you and you'll still love him in 5 years when your military service ends. But you also know that the war will probably be over by then.
Why should you put behind the world you know, make enemies of your friends, and risk your life, reputation, and honour by immediately going to marry your love, when you can wait a little, finish doing your military service, and keep yourself (relatively) safe while the war rages on? When the war is over, your family will probably still hate the other country, but their antagonism will likely not be so incensed. It'll also be safer to travel there in peacetime.
(This was supposed to be a simple story, but then I added the language thing, and then I added the war thing, and so maybe it's gotten a little out of hand.)
