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"Dear Panzer... This will be my last night sleeping in this bed. By noon tomorrow, I will be on the train heading home. Home, now that's a loose term. I have come to think of this place as home. The people I've met the food in the restaurants, all of it I will miss. I hope to come back here in the future and be ale to truly call it my home, but for now I must leave." Chris reread what he just wrote, and felt that there was something missing, but he didn't know what. Maybe it was his sadness that wasn't portrayed by these words, or maybe there was something else that slipped his mind. Whatever the case, he was hesitant to put down his notebook. He sat there and stared at his suitcase. It wasn't doing anything, just sitting there on the floor. But it's symbolism brought a tear to his eye. He eventually put his book down, turned off the lamp, and rested his head on his pillow. Despite his best efforts, he couldn't sleep.
Lita: The train is almost here. You might want to get your suitcase.
Chris: Yeah, I might.
Lita: You don't want to leave, do you?
Chris: Why would I want to? The past 2 months here was probably the most memorable I will ever have. I never thought that I would want to stay here, but I can truly say that I want to stay.
Lita: You have your future to think about.
Chris: No I don't! It's already been decided for me, much to my dismay.
Lita: No it hasn't.
Chris: I have an ability I don't want, but does it matter? No! In fact I will have to learn how to fully control them, and eventually use them! That's not my choice!
Lita: Don't think of it that way! Your decisions can still impact what goes on in your life.
Chris: Are they my decisions? If I just gave you my ring right now, is it my choice, or chosen by destiny? You don't know, do you?
Lita: Try looking at it this way. Anything that happens to you that you cannot prevent is merely a challenge in life.
Chris: I did until I got this stupid thing. My father told me that I had no choice in the matter before he died. It wasn't morality that made me keep the ring, or respect for my father. It's only the fact that I would have used it sooner of later no matter what which made me keep it. How do you do it?
Lita: Do what?
Chris: Accept pre-determined destiny?
Lita: You simply convince yourself that most of the decisions are really yours. Convince yourself of the truth.
Chris: That's a contradiction.
Lita: No it isn't. You didn't have to come here in the first place. You had that choice. You can't chose what events will happen in your life, but you can chose when, where, and who.
Chris: No way, if I didn't come, I...I probably would have lost the ring. I probably wouldn't have been able to fight them off alone.
Lita: You see. Your decisions do influence what happens. Stop believing that your whole life is laid out for you. Destiny doesn't choose you friends.
The train pulls up and slows to a stop. The doors open up to let people out. Once they would be out, Chris would be on his way in.
Lita: Well, I guess its goodbye. Chris: I guess it is. After a second of staring each other in the eye, they embraced.
Chris: Goodbye Lita, and thank you. He disappeared among the people boarding the train. Then the people disappeared, and the train pulled out.
