"Sometimes all it takes is for someone to be there, to be the catalyst for change."Sometimes all it takes is for someone to be there, to be the catalyst for change. Even if Furry's dad had to kick you at one point, you've learned to be there. You know the expression 'If a tree falls...'?" Nickolai shook his head. "Oh, there's an old expression. 'If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, did it make a noise?' It's a suprisingly Daoist question, especially since it seems to be a Western creation. If you know a forest well, and one day a tree has fallen over, you have to wonder what noise it made. But if nobody heard the noise, did it even make one? "It comes down to existentialism. |