Raven sat alone in her room. Dark, calming and familiar it was a natural hideaway from her teammates. There was a time they could have been friends, no longer. She came out when she was needed and returned when she was not.
Days turned to weeks and weeks to months. Outside the Earth changed, inside the barriers only grew stronger. There was no need for friendship, most say friendship is needed for a healthy life, most are wrong. Friendship requires trust. Trust is a myth, friendship is a myth. There was no need of love. Many musicians, painters and writers have attempted to portray love. All have failed. Love requires trust. Trust is a myth, love is a myth.
She came out of nowhere and assimilated herself with us. She left and things returned to normal. She returned again, forgiven for leaving she again became one of us. We trusted her, he trusted her. She betrayed us. In the end, faced with death from both sides she chose to sacrifice herself. They forgave her, he forgave her. She appears again. Once more he goes to her. She claims ignorance of everything. She leaves again.
I try to be with him, he sees only her. Whenever she appears he can't wait to go to her. He can't wait to forgive her. She will only leave every time.
Now I see. There is no need for friendship and love. They do not exist. They require trust, every truth holds the seed of betrayal, every love and every friendship hold the seed of betrayal.
And so I am alone. I am a rock. No one touches me, I touch no one.