Ezra stared into her eyes a moment, not saying a word. He studied her face while his thoughts swirled inside his mind. There was no convincing her to change her mind. There was no point in spewing any more logic or concerns at her. She had made up her mind. He took a deep breath and considered his options. Let her explore and get hurt on her own, or help and get hurt by her or for her. After a couple minutes in silence he nodded his head and reluctantly began to speak.

"If you do this, it won't be easy. You'll be giving up on so many things that you've grown accustomed to. Sitting down for a meal with your family will be forbidden. You won't be able to attend any occasions or enter places of worship that aren't Jewish. If there's a church gathering you won't be able to attend. Your best friend could be getting married in a church and you will have to miss it because you are Jewish. There will be no more Christmas or Halloween. You will only be able to celebrate Jewish holidays. You will not be able to wear clothes like the ones I saw you in today. Those are too revealing. Even in the summer you will need to cover up. You will have to be careful what you consume and what you can buy. You can't carry things in your pockets outside of your home on the Sabbath. You will need multiple dish sets. Two sets of pots and pans (and at least one more set for Passover), and you will have to keep different types of food separate. You will have to wait six hours after eating meat foods before eating dairy foods," Ezra paused a moment to see if she was catching any of his words, "Judaism will guide your steps and your thoughts every moment of your waking life."

He was holding her close now. He'd taken a step toward her without realizing it and he was holding her face in his hands forcing the words into her mind. He would teach her his ways if only to spend nights like this with her. He brought her hand up to the pendant hanging off his necklace and closed her small fingers around it. His parents would worry about him no doubt and he would probably never be allowed to show his face outside if he openly tried to change this girls views. He would be playing the bad guy. 

"You will make me no better than Hitler if I help you. I will be forcing these beliefs on you and you will hang onto my words without question and I will be just as bad, but you don't care. It is your ignorance that will get you in trouble, and that will be the death of me. But I won't stand in your way. I will teach you all I know, but you can't tell anybody. Do not openly practice this in your home unless you are ready to lose everyone you hold close to your heart," Ezra told her as he brought his hands back to his sides. The muscles in his body were tense and the look on her face terrified him to the core. Perhaps she would be the one to die first.