so i suddenly found myself doing something that only a week before i never thought id do in my life . he stood and came to sit next to me . he was curious , wanting to know what made her risk her own well-being to help him . in her mind she saw a burning village as real as it had been then . she circled behind me and grabbed a tissue from a decorative box on the occasional table . because our lives are not worth living if we dont try , said jasmine . 