I'll grant you that's not something that seems to have come up before. It hasn't for me. Or Antosha, so far as I'm aware. He certainly is open about his religious practices.
...
Do you- Only, I wonder how Marvolo proposes to know if you continue. Perhaps all he's asking really is for you not to mention it? You do, sometimes, you know. Like when you and Rohani and Goshal would put lights out onto the lake. That sort of thing.
You don't think he means you oughtn't to be part of your sister's wedding, do you? Though...
That makes me think it's a sort of loyalty test. He's asking you to set aside something he knows you value, and doing it will show how much more you value him. If he were a boyfriend, I'd say you should drop him. But you see, don't you? That's the point of the parallel.
Whatever he means, you'll have to do it. That's that.
But you need to figure out what he really is asking and what you have to do to satisfy him that you're doing what he's said.
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Date: 2014-07-18 10:50 pm (UTC)I'll grant you that's not something that seems to have come up before. It hasn't for me. Or Antosha, so far as I'm aware. He certainly is open about his religious practices.
...
Do you- Only, I wonder how Marvolo proposes to know if you continue. Perhaps all he's asking really is for you not to mention it? You do, sometimes, you know. Like when you and Rohani and Goshal would put lights out onto the lake. That sort of thing.
You don't think he means you oughtn't to be part of your sister's wedding, do you? Though...
That makes me think it's a sort of loyalty test. He's asking you to set aside something he knows you value, and doing it will show how much more you value him. If he were a boyfriend, I'd say you should drop him. But you see, don't you? That's the point of the parallel.
Whatever he means, you'll have to do it. That's that.
But you need to figure out what he really is asking and what you have to do to satisfy him that you're doing what he's said.