“Are you okay Tetsuya?”


    Tsukino asks, looking


    concerned for me.


    I was thinking and


    what startles me is


    a teardrop that


    hits my hand.


    “I''m okay Tsukino.”


    I tell her, not wanting


    for her to worry.


    “Do you know about


    salvation?”


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    Tsukino nods at my


    question, “Yes, I recall


    you talking about it


    at a school assembly


    once.”


    Oh I forgot that I did


    that.


    It was a while ago.


    Maybe a few months


    back.


    “It was a beautiful


    speech. I felt this


    sudden urge in


    me from it….”


    Tsukino continues,


    smiling rather softly.


    This moment now


    is rather special.


    It''s rare.


    What is?


    Salvation and those


    who truly know about it.


    It''s not only about


    knowing about it,


    but accepting it.