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 I liked this – they didn’t exhibit a desperate and almost neurotic need to be liked; therefore, for the first time in my life – I heard the truth. Yet, their words, as difficult as they might have been for me to hear, did not elicit a flight response inside me; I didn’t want to throw myself upon the churning waves once again. I wanted to remain nearby. After being lost for so long, and nearly dead, I knew that these men could help me survive. Anyway, I had nowhere else to go – like the ancient mariners, beyond the Pillars of Hercules, I knew there was nothing except an almost endless sea.