Over the past few weeks Lily was terrified of what kind of pain she was to experience. But she relaxed a little because The Giver was very kind to her. The Giver was the same one that Jonas had, but they never were on the topic of what had happened to Jonas. It probably caused The Giver great pain mentally, and Lily knew this because the third Memory he gave her was about a little child from the past had his kitten killed by an aggresive dog right in front of him. Lily wept for many days after that.
The Giver told Lily that he wanted to get the training over with. He said he had failed the last two Recievers who came to him, and he was going to try to make it as gentle as possible for her.
The Giver always looked very sad and exhausted. Lily felt sorry for him, but she never asked him why he always looked so sorrowful.
But then she remembered that two years ago their utopia went in a chaos. Sudden memories flooded all the people who were in the community and it was said that the women and children were to get the memories out first. So The Giver came and took away the memories starting with the children, and Lily was one of the first.
But she couldn't remember what the memories were that The Giver took from her. It was just a small whisp of something colorless and slightly depressing.
"Giver?" Lily said. She had finally stopped thinking of the Stirrings she had in her dream and now thinking of her brother who had disappeared.
"Yes?" The Giver responded.
"I. . ." She took a breath before she started. "I sometimes get this sudden feeling of. . .Well, I don't know. It's when I think of Jo- Jonas. I miss him so, but it's something deeper than that."
The Giver looked at her and smiled. It was a wise, caring smile. But yet a sadness was in his twinkling eyes.
"That feeling that you just explained to me that happens so sudden is called feeling beyond. I had the same thing, except it was different. What I experienced before I became the Reciever was hearing beyond, and your brother experienced what was called seeing beyond. The face that you can have feeling beyond says a lot about yourself and your personality."
Lily stared at him, very puzzled.
"It's probably the feeling of loss and sorrow that you have for Jonas. You're a caring person, Lily. You remind me a lot of my Rosemary. . ." A sudden pain showed in The Giver's face.
"Rosemary?" Lily asked.
The Giver waved his hand and closed his eyes. "Nevermind that. Now, lay down and I will transfer the Memory of loss and sorrow to you. Then things will be more clear."
Lily obeyed him and layed down on her stomach and closed her eyes. The Giver placed his hands on her back and she felt the Memory come to her suddenly.