[center][color=violet][h1][b][u]Cadien[/u][/b][/h1][/color][/center]

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Seated upon a rock, Cadien contemplated.

Neiya had given him much to reflect on. He simply could not get the vision out of his mind. It was not the death itself that troubled him, it was [i]why[/i] it had happened, and the reaction that followed. A man had killed another man simply because they loved the same woman, but the woman only loved one of them. It seemed... so illogical. There were more women out there, after all. Why should it matter if one was taken, or wasn't interested? Furthermore, why did the man think that woman would come to love him after he murdered the man she actually did love?

And then, he realized he already knew why. Cadien had given them intellect, but not everyone's judgement was rational. Evandra had given them passion, but not everyone had the power to keep it in check. But the blame was not equal, for Cadien had also given them beauty, and some evidently considered beauty enough to kill for.

He recalled Neiya's words. [color=8493ca][i]Some things run deeper than what the eyes can see.[/i][/color]

He had been so fixated on the physical perfection. Even when Evandra and he had granted them intelligence and passion, that had only been so they could further appreciate their appearance. It had always been about how a creature looked. Not about what they [i]thought[/i] or what they [i]felt.[/i] What good was beauty if it made you a victim for another's envy? What good was beauty if it made you arrogant or complacent? He recalled his interaction with Gibbou, and shuddered.

It was not enough to seek perfection of the body. One also had to seek perfection of the mind and spirit. Only a fool would focus on one of these things over the other. And upon this realization, Cadien rose to his feet.

He had been a fool.

No longer.

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Cadien contemplates his meeting with Neiya and the vision she showed him. He realizes his fixation on appearance is dangerous if it is not tempered by other things.

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