To be perfectly blunt, my feelings for Nephrite range from mild annoyance to all-consuming, passionate hatred (okay, maybe that's a bit much. -.-;;). I forced myself to do this, at gunpoint. And it hurt. A lot.

"In Vino Veritas"

Mankind sees the stars as cold

And cold they are, to a casual touch

--I...

I've seen them.

communed with them.

come to-- know them

in my way.

I can guess how they will answer

I can decipher the visions they show

Yet their souls, if stars have such

are as closed to me, as I to them.

I ask only that they speak

They wish only my ears, to listen.

So simple. (So cold.)

But one predator acknowledging another.

It is... my way.

These stars, they are my sole equal.

If all I love is my own ends--

They are the only other I would... respect.

...They who serve another

selflessly to bow and grovel--

are fools.

The stars have taught me as much--

they and I, not slave and master

but only two; to take what we can.

--At the least, they do not lie

(if their words may be warped by misunderstanding)

...cold though they are.

As I am.

Such is-- the way to power

(as they have shown me)

Hoshi wa nani de mo shitte iru.

Right now... right now, I would very much like... a sandwich. Peanut butter and bacon, on white bread. Yummm...