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...e can make the decision. But it takes someone great to decide for the right reasons."

Darrel stopped once more, pulled away from the paper, and wondered at what this old man was now telling him.

One practical thought presented itself. He was stalling. This dialog had gone on for some time now, and the reader still would not have a clue what the challenge was. Did it matter? The point of the scene was to show how the protagonist was dealing with his decision over the challenge. The challenge itself was still not important.

He thought deeply about his motives, asked himself many questions, paced to and fro across the floor, and then finally, he froze and stared down at the nearly abandoned paper. "I'm ready," he whispered. "Ready to commit."

"I'm ready," I said.

My wise old mentor turned his head. "Good. Make the decision then. Are you going to undergo this challenge or not?"

"I am."

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