"You may not want their acceptance, but you do want to be left alone. That will not happen, and I have nothing whatever to say about it. Whether I stay or leave they will just find another designated persecutor. I've said my last on the subject. Its up to you what you do. I have just one last question, do you care what I think? and if you do, are you willing to help me understand you?" Don't you see that it matters to me that I accept you? If I cant, I have no business here. You have intrigued me, you have enticed me, whether or not it was deliberate, it happened. I want to accept you, I really want to love you. but that takes time and it will take your hope, and most of all you have to want it too."
He sat down on a stump along the path. He wasn't sure what she wanted. "Do I go back and pack my things?"