The Games We Play

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We're tempted to play games thinking they will give us more power - but that only works if we win.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After spending the holidays with my guardian's family it seems that everyone in the temple has the wrong idea. The Baron isn't my patron. He's not even a friend. In truth I hate the man.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But the rumor mill is strong and jealousy is running rampant.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This is all just one more excuse for my instructors to hold me back lower my grades and try to force me to choose one path. I can't! My god needs me to save him and the Path of Temptation gives me the power to do that.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Except that I'm drowning in the pressure feeling like I'm failing my god. I need to make people believe in him but how can I do that when I can't believe in myself? All these mind games are starting to pile up and it's tearing me apart.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But Zeal is getting stronger.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>That's enough to keep me going. No matter how hard they try to push me down I'll just keep fighting back learning to play this game better each time. I will not become the victim here because I'm not doing this alone. My lovers will always stand with me.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But this is not a game.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>If we fail we'll lose everything -</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Including each other.</span></p><p></p>