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He slowly brought the leaf down and listened to Travis without really looking at him or saying anything at first. It was a typical response that anyone would give about their views of God. The inflection in Travis’ voice made him sound apprehensive about the subject. 

Then again he did open the floodgates for a heavy topic. Yet he saw no need to go through all the cordial hoops and loops of conversations. How’s the weather, what are you into, it was all just bullshit to make you seem like you cared about another person. But nine times out of ten people cared about themselves. What they were going to say next, what they were going to respond with next, etc. 

He watched people. Wait for their chance to speak again. The desire to speak again. The desire to sound clever, likeable. But they refused to talk about the things they really should talk about. Instead they argued about who was right and wrong. Fixing the blame, not providing solutions and fixing the actual problem.

“God is Human,” Kristian told Travis, “Designed by Humans. With Human flaws and mistakes. It’s why he designs chaos and why he designs beauty. But that’s my take on it.” Kristian smiled looking at Travis with a gentle expression.

“So, Travis, what do you like to do after the park?” Kristian swings his legs back and forth a little, “I don’t have very many friends here in Japan. I just came here more recently. Few months ago. And I like the idea that we can become friends.”

He looks away nervously.