logical conclusions. Well, ask yourself now, where is the logic in accepting this promise?”
“Grace exceeds logic, and it doesn’t break a promise.”
“Then hear this, Brandon: a life of growth is a life of pain! Do you want to see the world? Do you want to see people rotting and drowning? Do you want to spend every waking moment in selfless horror? One day – One day! You’ll come crawling back, you won’t last!”
I spun around and shouted, “Go to—”
The boy was gone. I noted the word that was left hanging on my lips and realized, all over again, why people called it ‘cursing.’ What have I been willing unto people, I asked myself. Have I really let my words become so cheap?
“Talk like a child,” I thought.