Hearts Meeting

Painter becomes quiet, thinking about what she just said. In his childhood, he himself had believed in god, and always believe god would protect him. However, through the years of abuse and being shunned, his faith began to falter, eventually fading away. He no longer knew what to believe, his past colliding with his present. At one point a year or two ago, he believed god was just some made up illusion of man used by the Vatican to make it a safer place, however much it failed at times. Since he fell in love with Allie though, he was no longer entirely sure of what he thought.

Painter smiles and nuzzles her, rubbing his face into her neck playfully. He pulls it back up and then lays his head back on top of yours, "I suppose your belief in god is just how you interpret the scriptures.." he mutters. He had always found the story of Genesis to be a metaphor used to show a truth to the scientific story of Genesis. He had figured out at a younger age the when you think about it the way he did, both truths coincided.

Painter nods at what she says, however he himself is not so sure. She believes God is what kept her alive..however it was her belief in a God that did it, not he himself. In all reality it was her will to live and her belief in God that kept her alive, he himself had nothing to do with it.. He chooses not to voice these thoughts aloud and pulls her closer to him. His love for her is something he no longer feels he can say with words and doesn't try to anymore.

Painter sighs and closes his eyes, "I'm tired.." he mutters as he takes a deep breath. He actually believed in God, but not in the same sense everyone else believed in him. He believed God was a being that only had the power to create. In the story of Adam and Eve, he believed that the tree of knowledge actually represented evolution, and that Adam and Ever weren't really people at all, but basic forms of life. They evolved through "eating the sacred fruit", or in this case, a need to survive. To him it was all just a metaphor, and that when the creature evolved, God lost what little control over them he had.

Painter's mind shifts away from the past and turns towards the future. He looks down at the treasure in his arms and begins wondering about what's next. What if they both survived their battle with the witch? What would be next for them? His heart begins racing as marriage comes across his mind. He knows the Allie is the one he wants to spend his whole life with, but they were both relatively young. He would marry her right now if he could, but he just wasn't quite sure.