[Huo responded with a resolute shake of the head.] One's essence is not so easily transformed. True virtue is the top of a great mountain, achieved only by effort, sometimes by great pain. In believing otherwise, do we not risk complacency?
[He paused then, glancing away.] Forgive me. You have come to give advice, and here I am, lecturing you. [Smoke's choices were his own. It was difficult to think of any choice as truly right.] I fear I'm not much for temptation.
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Date: 2011-01-24 08:40 pm (UTC)[He paused then, glancing away.] Forgive me. You have come to give advice, and here I am, lecturing you. [Smoke's choices were his own. It was difficult to think of any choice as truly right.] I fear I'm not much for temptation.