Now it is time for a little story..
Once upon a time there was a brave warrior who returned home from a distant land after journeying there for two years. Now that this mighty warrior was back in his homeland, he was ready to take studying at the local school seriously. But at this prestigious place, students could only enter at certain times of the year and right now was not one of those times. While waiting for the proper time he decided to start his study at the local religious institute in order to help prepare himself even more and of course to prevent himself from getting too bored. While in class at this institute one day he noticed the most beautiful maiden he had ever seen, sitting across the room from him. He would love to be able to go and talk with her, but at the time she was animately talking with another man in the class. Because of this he decided to wait for another opportunity to talk with her. The time slowly passed and the maiden was constantly arriving and leaving class in the company of the same man and the warrior never found an opportunity to introduce himself to her. Eventually the class ended and the warrior was disappointed in the fact that he had never talked to her.
Then the time arrived that the warrior could begin his study at the prestigious school near his home and soon became involved in his studies, as well as working at a local pub. Occasionally he would see the maiden there at the school, but he would just be reminded the time he had failed to talk to her before and would be too ashamed to try again this time. Even though every time afterward he would resolve to do it the next time he saw her.
More time passed and the annual break in studies for the summer season arrived. The warrior then had a grand time working with many young people, helping them in a time of their lives when decisions were beginning to become so important. He met many wonderful people there and learned much about himself as well.
When the time arrived for his studies to begin again, he had all but forgotten about the fair maiden. He found his heart wandering from one girl to the next never really finding what he was looking for in any of them. Then, one day fate intervened. There she was walking toward him, his heart started pounding and he could feel the hairs on the back of his neck stand up in excitement. He prepared himself to sweep her off her feet with his wit and charm, but when the moment arrived all he could manage to do was smile at her. She smiled back and continued on her way, while he dropped his head in frustration.
Then one day something wonderful happened, one of the new friends he had made was a very close associate of this maiden and she agreed to help the warrior to finally begin wooing the maiden. But whenever he followed-up with his friend about her progress, all she could say to him was, "No, I haven't talked to her yet, I've been busy." This only made the heartache of the warrior grow within him. He was so close to meeting the maiden! But it did not seem to actually be happening.
Then the glorious day finally arrived! With the help of his friend he finally talked to the maiden and even obtained a way to call upon her whenever he desired.
He then proceeded with trying to court this beautiful maiden. They first went to a concert to celebrate the coming holiday. The music was beautiful, but the warrior could barely concentrate on it, because of who was sitting next to him. The whole time he wanted to hold her hand or put his arm around her, but was too nervous about her reaction to actually do it. It's was glorious and filled the warrior with joy.
The next time, they went with friends adventuring at a local store. This was as well an enjoyable time, but the in the end the warrior was again too nervous to touch her.
The time then came for the end of studies for the year. All were busy studying for the final exams in many of their classes, including the warrior and the maiden. The warrior only heard from the maiden one time during that week.
After the last exam was finished, it was now time for the annual festival of giving. This time was a busy time for everyone, but the warrior stilled tried his best to call upon the maiden whenever he could. The problem was that the maiden was never available when the warrior called upon her. He wasn't sure what needed to be done, the maiden was ignoring him for some reason and he had no idea why.
The festival came and went but the warrior found his enjoyment of it limited, all he had on his mind was the maiden and what had happened. He made up excuses to rationalize his fears, but they never went away. He asked his friends about the maiden, but none of them had the answers he sought.
What was he to do? Had the maiden lost interest in him, because of his nervousness around her? Or had something else happened that could explain everything away? The warrior did not know, neither did he know what could be done to find the answer, except continuing to call upon the maiden and wait upon her to answer the questions he had...
