A golden–haired young man was sitting at his desk. This time he got up earlier, so he decided to use the morning time to read another book. This one was about religions. Edward decided to go deeper into the subject, although he was not fond of it. However, he was curious about the differences and similarities between these religions. In Gormilia people mainly prayed to a deity called Mars, the fiery god of war. It was this faith that Edward left, as this god is sometimes associated with Ra, the god of the sun. He began the lecture with a book on the Followers of the Light’s religion.

   ‘It is very harsh and orthodox...’ he thought. ‘I know about their beliefs, such as that the sun should burn all the disbelievers to death. It even urges it’s followers to attack others. I will never understand their... "philosophy". What do we have next... "the sacrifice for the sun is made by burning the unbeliever at the stake". Charming.’

   Ed flipped a few pages when he suddenly found himself at a page about a different religion. It was called "The Law of the Loop". The golden–haired thought about it.

   ‘Where did I hear that name?’ he thought and started reading. A few minutes later Kasei appeared. She was in her animal form again, so she jumped on the desk.

   “Kalimera! What are you reading?” she asked and sat on one of the books which was lying on the desk. „Religion? So you read something other than the dumb books about the thoughts of some mad people?”

   “There you go again. I read something else than ‘dumb books about the thoughts of some mad people’” he answered with a mean smile. „Seriously, I just want to learn more about religions.”

   “Huh... "The Law of the Loop", what’s that?” she asked.

   “I was just reading about it myself. Full of quite interesting beliefs; it considers the cosmos to be a god. It might make some sense, as the cosmos is something we still can't understand.”

   “Oh...” she got curious. “What else?”

   “It is one of the branches of “the faith of The Twelve”, as well as the Faith of the Light. Followers believe that every star is someone's soul. They also believe in reincarnation and that the higher power rewards them and punishes them for what they did during their lifetime. It also says here that the soul returns to its loved ones after the rebirth.... It's quite typical, isn't it?”

  “For me... it’s beautiful. The fact that every star is one soul, and that the cosmos is a god...”

   “For me it’s foolish.” He responded coldly. “I believe that death is the end, so I can't agree with this view. Although, the idea of the universe being a god is really interesting.”

  “But why can't you agree with that? This is different from the Faith of Light.. And your vision is so... sad.”

   “Why is it sad? I just think that if reincarnation truly existed... someone would notice it. Imagine that you have a friend, that he dies, and after a few years you meet him again. It sounds a bit like a fairy tale. Of course, you can also think that this person has been reborn in another place, but quoting "the soul returns to its loved ones", it means that you would meet such a friend sooner or later. And I know many people who lost their loved ones, and somehow they never told me that they had met them again. And it’s not sad. I have accepted such a reality. For me there is no point in staying in the world forever. The fact that life is so short, and that it always ends, gives it meaning, because we want to use our limited amount of time well. And with the awareness that we will be reborn anyway... it’s not so important anymore. Although it depends on how one feels.”

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   “Well... it does make sense.” She answered.

   “It's just my opinion. If it's meaningful and interesting to you, I can't blame you.” He answered with a sincere smile.

   “Pff, I don't need your permission, stupid.” She answered with her usual mean tone.

  “Good, you were so nice to me that I was afraid that someone replaced you.” He laughed, but their everyday "tradition" of teasing each other quickly ended. They heard that someone had entered the house. It was Peter, who came back after the night shift. They went out to greet him. He had bloodshot eyes from crying. Kasei was worried, but Ed knew what was going on, he approached and put his hand on his shoulder.

   “You couldn't have done anything...” The older brother said.

   “I could have...” Peter answered and went ahead. He sat down on a wooden bench on which the blanket was lying. The red fennec jumped onto it and laid down on his knees. The golden–haired started to stroke her head slightly.

   “Hey, don't give up yet. You have other patients who believe in you.” Ed sat down next to him. Peter smiled a little.

   “In fact, you're right, but what is a loser like me supposed to do...”

   “Such a loser does a lot of work” he rubbed his hair. “Rest a little bit now. Where is Ian?”

   “Ian also went home, although now it was supposed to be his shift. I know it's irresponsible to disappear like that, somebody might need help...”

  “If that's the case... I was supposed to go practice with Kasei, so we can do it near the clinic. If something happens, we'll call one of you, or grandma Casandra.”

  “This is... a good idea. But I would like to come with you anyway.” Peter then picked Kasei up into his hands. She made a face like an offended child, but after a while she started laughing.

  “I have to show you how much I have improved!” she squeaked, wagging her tail.

  “What? You?” Ed laughed at her.

   “I'll murder you while you sleep.” She answered with a terrifying tone, Ed was pretending to be scared. Peter smiled lightly, knowing that he was an important person for them and they wanted to cheer him up. He appreciated it very much, but he was worried about Ian, he still didn't know what the grey–haired was really talking about before.