Owned?

Treasured?

Desired?

Wanted?

Needed?

Mine?

That last one, that's what shortens the list so drastically. Mine.

I can't begin to express how much meaning and emotion and bliss and fear is tied up in that one word, for me. I can't put it into words, no matter how much I try there is always more, always deeper emotion, always different outlooks, always something I can't quite say.

The ones who are mine... I don't have to explain it. They know what it means, or they wouldn't be mine. I don't take anyone who doesn't understand how serious I am, how much it means to me.

I don't take anyone that I can't trust... and I trust anyone I take... it's that simple for me, it really is.

...and I am now wondering how Arrasto will react to this latest challenge. *grins*

You see, I trust them, I love them, I own them... but that certainly doesn't stop me from constantly testing, constantly pushing them to improve, to grow, to develop and learn. Every now and then I push a bit roughly. *sheepish grin*