Jaal Ama Darav (Official Thread)

Ryder: I... in love... I'm not really sure what it is I've been feeling lately.



Jaal: I understand. It is something we cannot ourselves see, or touch. A feeling is intangible, but its presence cannot be denied. Not to mention...



Ryder: What?



Jaal: Cora was in fact warned by SAM of the distractions I pose to you. Especially on the battlefield. His readings indicate...



Ryder: SAM's job isn't to read what's going on in my head... or heart, or whatever he thinks he is seeing... or reading.



Jaal: You are getting angry.



Ryder looked up into Jaal's eyes.



Ryder: I don't like the idea of Cora and SAM discussing what or how I feel... especially to you.



Jaal: These are unprecedented circumstances we find ourselves in.



Ryder: It is. But still I... I'm sorry.



Jaal: What for?



Ryder: This is hardly the way I would have wanted you to find out.



Jaal: I feel the same way. Had Cora not told me of SAM's findings, I would have preferred to initiate the ceremony with you.



Ryder: Ceremony?



Jaal: I've recently come to learn you humans do not have one. A ceremony in which one confesses the love for the other. They must take a thread that cannot break or fray, and they must intertwine it among the locked hands of both lovers. And then, once the confessions have been made, if the love is meant to last, they unlock their hands and pull away. If the thread comes away unbroken and unfrayed, their love will last forever.



Ryder: Well. We humans have another way of declaring love.



Jaal: I have come to learn of this way.



And taking Ryder by complete surprise, Jaal leaned forwards and kissed them.

While I understand the sentiment (and am boggled by the point of even publishing an article like that), this is a public forum. As such, things people say(write) can be viewed by all. Just look at the amount of guest traffic we get. People should be aware that these threads are not private conversations.