That day, the sun was blazing with incredible force. Lina cracked the window open. Spring scents and the seasonal freshness drifted in through the tiny crack. Skylarks perched on the bird feeder, which was attached to the windowsill regardless of the season, and began to fill the surroundings with their enchanted notes. The song also reached the girl's ears. Suddenly, she picked up a chair and sat by the window, holding her violin. The real concert began. Two different melodies formed a whole. The notes swirled in the air, intertwining. The atmosphere of warmth that had arisen around Lina and the birds was felt even by those perceived as emotionless and heartless. Lina's cousin, entering the room, felt it too. She became angry. She was a dry person who radiated cold. Sensing something she had lost, she flew into a rage. She slammed her clenched fist on the windowsill, ending the concert as the frightened birds flew away. Lina finished the game with emotion, without a sudden interruption. Her cousin's eyes filled with tears. Her coldness couldn't eclipse her warmth. Ala had lost her parents in a car accident and since then had lived in darkness, pushing away all light. The love that lingered in every corner of Lina's room filled her with disgust, pain, and even jealousy.
"Why are you doing this? Why are you forcing me to remember? Why do you want to hurt me...destroy me?!
" "I don't want to destroy you. I want to destroy the wall you built with your own hands. Living in darkness, you won't find light, and without light, you won't find happiness.
" "You have everything, and you don't understand that sometimes happiness is gone forever. Mine is gone. I have nothing left to seek. I've lost my meaning.
" "Everything lost can be regained!"
"Can a ring that fell into an abyss be saved?"
"That's how you descend to the bottom of the abyss." And when it falls into the ocean, you have to go down to the water and search every inch of the depths. There's a risk of not finding the ring, but you might find something equally important and valuable. In such a situation, you should hope that the ring serves someone else with dignity and love, so as not to disappoint or grieve the previous owner. You can lose the ring, but the bond is eternal. The bond connects hearts forever, and the ring itself was meant to be believed in. After loss, the faith and sincerity of the bond are tested.
"You mean that...
" "Don't say anything. I don't want to say anything. I just want you to understand.
" "No! You understand! I don't have the strength. If I go under the ocean, I'll drown. And you know what, maybe you're right. Although the effect will be the opposite. When I go under the water, I'll have a chance to find the ring. There's just one problem. I don't believe in the afterlife.
" "If you don't believe in the afterlife, you don't believe in the bond either." So why do you say I'm right when you don't think I'm right?
You're taking my word for it.
"Do you think your parents vanished? Do you believe in the end? If you believe in the end, then you also believe in the beginning.
" "No! I don't believe in the beginning. If something has ended, how can it begin?
" "And where does this certainty of the end come from? Certainty in uncertainty? Certainty is just a word and nothing more.
" "Don't torment me!"
"So is it torment for you? Torment is what you want to forget, so you know the truth. Why are you afraid of it? Why don't you allow the thought of truth being your guide?
" "As certainty is for you, so truth is for me, it's just a word. The truth can turn out to be a lie. If that happened, I would become a statue and my eyes glass. We would only meet in the yellow house. Lina, are you certain that truth exists?"
"There is no certainty, but I have something greater: faith, and I believe in it. I believe in the truth."
"Faith... faith... It's a pity it can't be shared like a piece of bread."
Lina extended her hand:
"Yes, you can, you just have to trust me. Let's dive into the depths of the ocean."
Ala, hesitantly grasping her cousin's hand, repeated it like a spell:
"Let's dive into the depths of the ocean."
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