She smiled slightly when he told he not everything was black or white. "You are right, but only in the sense that not everyone is completely evil. We are all fundamentally good. This is what I've seen and what I believe in. But we are misguided and that is why we act outside of that character. However, that hardly makes us any less good."<br/><br/>Sajedene would oftentimes have this same conversation with her father over dinner. Eventually her father would become frustrated with his daughter who showed an incredibly kind heart and deep faith in the people around her. She sipped her drink, happy to have something so familiar and pleasant as green tea. Every now and then she would meet Gando's gaze and then look away, wondering why he was studying her the way he was.<br/><br/>Her eyes met his once more when he admitted that he had loved her grandmother. Sajedene blinked her eyes curiously, but honestly wasn't very surprised about that. She had sort of got that feeling from him earlier, simply from the way he had spoken of her... the fact that he had painted her. A smile formed on her lips as he spoke of her grandmother in such a loving manner. "You were devoted to her, despite her not being able to be with you like that. I cannot think of a better, more pure love than the one you felt for her." She fully meant those words.<br/><br/>Perhaps she had been foolish to think that her love with Maleiek had been the best thing in the world. After all, so much of it was based on their physical connection, the way they challenged each other, trying to put one another down until one yielded. It was all fun and games until one was severely hurt by the fire. But Gando and her grandmother... there was something there that she could easily say she admired. If one day she did have to get married, she hoped that if the physical passion did eventually die down that the deep love and devotion would remain no matter what.<br/><br/>Sajedene finished her tea and listened to his explanation of the task at hand. She was eager to see the village better and nodded to his words. "I'd be happy to come with you." However, what he said next made her feel a bit guilty. Her eyes looked down and she blinked several times, trying to compose herself. "I am sorry to have brought back such memories."<br/><br/>She looked back up to him. "The human mind is a curious thing, isn't it? There are many things we deny from ourselves and yet those things happen anyway, whether we like it or not. Whether it is good for us or not. I hope that you can find peace and happiness in the fact that my grandmother rests peacefully and surely you are with her every day, wherever she might be." Sajedene smiled to him, hoping that her words would comfort him. "And please, speak freely with me. Whatever troubles you, shall trouble me."<br/><br/>After hesitating a bit, she asked him a question she was dying to know the answer to. "How is it that you have lived for so long? Can you truly live forever?"