[ Suffering alone is what he does. Why should he draw anyone else into the bed he made, all by himself? His instinct is to struggle against this angel's bright aura. His body tenses. He is about to push Kevin away, when it abruptly occurs to him...
This angel is most probably consumed with guilt and self-hatred, for not being there on the ground, with the doomed people. Even so, he is allowing himself to be comforted. Rejecting his light, this literally heaven-sent gift would be nothing but egotistical self-indulgence.
Rejecting an angel's gift... rejecting any friend's gift, because of his own guilty feelings is just... it's petty and small. It's vain. Which is when he realizes this obvious truth: you can't properly take care of somebody, unless you let them take care of you, too.
Something tightly bound inside his heart begins to unwind, as he allows Kevin's divine aura to envelop him, and seep in around the edges. It's as if an enormous burden has been lifted from him. He feels weightless.
...
In fact, he is weightless. The space ship has stopped accelerating away from the earth and is now technically "falling" towards the moon. It will start decelerating in a few minutes, but right now everything feels floaty and surreal. ]
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This angel is most probably consumed with guilt and self-hatred, for not being there on the ground, with the doomed people. Even so, he is allowing himself to be comforted. Rejecting his light, this literally heaven-sent gift would be nothing but egotistical self-indulgence.
Rejecting an angel's gift... rejecting any friend's gift, because of his own guilty feelings is just... it's petty and small. It's vain. Which is when he realizes this obvious truth: you can't properly take care of somebody, unless you let them take care of you, too.
Something tightly bound inside his heart begins to unwind, as he allows Kevin's divine aura to envelop him, and seep in around the edges. It's as if an enormous burden has been lifted from him. He feels weightless.
...
In fact, he is weightless. The space ship has stopped accelerating away from the earth and is now technically "falling" towards the moon. It will start decelerating in a few minutes, but right now everything feels floaty and surreal. ]
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