Ushahin shakes his head, fair hair flopping into his eyes for a moment. He reaches up a hand to push the strands back. "It will hurt a lot more when it all comes crashing down. Life is full of pain, and love, regardless of how one wishes it to play out, hurts worst of all." Cal wouldn't listen. No one ever did, not to a poor madman. Not until things crashed down around their ears and they ended up full of woe, but by then, there was nothing left for him to do but tell them that he had told them so.