"Heero?"

"Hai?"

"_Right_. Anyway, what's empathy, and what's the difference between empathy and sympathy?"

"And this is your homework?"

"Yeah?"

"And why didn't you ask Quatre?"

"He's biased…and I want _you_ to tell me."

"Walk with me, and I'll try to explain it." Heero led Duo to the street outside. "Empathy is knowing how someone feels, sympathy is _not_ knowing but feeling sorry anyway."

"Um…can you explain that any better?"

"That's the extent of my basic understanding."

"Then can I give it a shot?

Heero threw his hands up in the air. "Why not?"

"Empathy would be if you saw some one with a broken leg and felt sorry for them. Sympathy would be how _I_ felt when _you_ broke _your_ leg. Hm?"

"That's about right."

As Heero and Duo continued walking, they walked past a woman with a long braid. Heero saw her first and pointed at her.

"Empathy?"

Duo looked at her for a second before grabbing Heero's arm.

"No, because that's not pain. That's beauty."

A quick jerk on Duo's braid allowed Heero to wrap his arm around Duo.

"It _is_ beautiful, at that."