They were strange, the others were. They depended on it. Like animals do on flesh. Like a hungry child, who depends on every last morsel of food. They never stopped to even consider not having it present. Not being dependent. The couldn't have chosen something else, something different to survive on? NO. These morons chose the hardest thing to find in today's world. Dependent? On a feeling? Ah, but he had avoided all empathy. He would survive. Surpass the others' life span. But there was a tiny piece of his being that wondered. Wondered day and night. As the stars disappeared from view, he would be laying in bed, that small bit controlling him. Lying in his own warmth, he would wonder, wonder what love felt like.