Nariah01
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- Apr 17, 2016
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Dierk thanked Nora and took the fruit, though he only held the can and tapped its metal with his middle finger, not feeling very high in spirits at all and therefore not desiring any food, even though it would be smart to eat it.
"I know that isn't true. Maybe here, without civilization and people who've seen my face before, I can live a different life, but the place that for me still exists, and the people that I remember will always be there. That's where I committed every sin, and those who still live in that time in history will always remember each and every one." Dierk explained rather depressingly, shaking his head with a sigh.
"If I was a little boy who stole a candy bar from the local shop I could change, but after you've done what I've done and seen what I've seen there's not one more chance God would give you."
Nora listened to him, he was probably right but she had always tried to see the good in people and she was going to try to continue to do so. She had to believe that even those who may not deserve a second chance got one. "Perhaps that is true. Perhaps you don't deserve a second chance, but whether you deserve it or not you have been given one. I didn't live in Germany during your time, so I don't know your sins. But it is my history, I know what happened during the war, I know the many sins people had during that time. But still I am choosing to treat you with kindness and treat you as the man I see now not the man you were. And I do believe God gives second chances to even people like you. It gives you a chance to atone for what you have done, the wrongs you committed. That is the hard part, owning up to what you did, whom you did it too, and finding a way to live with yourself after the fact. Then finding a way to atone for those wrong doings and attempt to be a better man. Still the choice is yours, and if you need someone to listen should you want to try to be that better man and make up for your sins then I am here." She said simply and then got up to go over to Ian to plan for their outing. Dierk had many demons, and she had no idea what wrongs he may have done but she could imagine the worst. But she still had to believe that they were all put here for a reason, all given another chance. And if he wanted to wallow and be a terrible person so be it, it was his choice. But she wanted him to know that he did have a choice, whichever way he went.